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  2. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    Benin Empire: 1180: 1897: 717 Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) Bornu Empire: 1380: 1893: 513 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: 414 Bruneian Empire: 1368: 1888: 520 Bukhara Empire: 1501: 1785: 284 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...

  3. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed.

  4. List of longest-reigning monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The following are the 25 longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally recognised as sovereign for most or all of their reign. Byzantine emperors Constantine VIII and Basil II, reigning for 66 years in total (962–1028) and for 65 years in total (960–1025) respectively, are not included, because for part of those periods they reigned only nominally as junior co-emperors ...

  5. Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Thus, it was an "empire" (a great power) long before it had an emperor. [21] ... The last reference to Gaulish was between 560 and 575. [101] [102] ...

  6. Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire was a successor of the Abbasid Empire and it was the most powerful empire to succeed the Abbasi empires at the time, as well as one of the most powerful empires in the world. [53] They became the successors after the Abbasid Empire fell from the Mongols (Hülegü Khan).

  7. 11 Richest Empires in Ancient History - AOL

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    After hunter-gatherers became farmers and farming gave rise to cities, cities gave rise to empires. ... How Long $1 Million in Savings Will Last in Every State. 30 Essential Money Habits.

  8. List of kingdoms and empires in African history - Wikipedia

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    There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".

  9. History of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Diocletianic Persecution (303–11), the empire's last, largest, and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity, did not destroy the empire's Christian community; indeed, after 324 Christianity became the empire's preferred religion under its first Christian emperor, Constantine.