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The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars. Several empires in human history have been contenders for the largest of all time, depending on definition and mode of measurement. Possible ways of measuring size include area, population, economy, and power.
Asante Empire: 1670: 1957: 226 Assyrian Empire: 2025 BC: 609 BC: 1416 Aulikara Empire: 528: 550: 22 Austria-Hungary: 1867: 1918: 51 Austrian Empire: 1804: 1867: 63 Avar Khaganate: 567 822 255 Ayutthaya Kingdom: 1351: 1767: 416 Aztec Empire: 1325: 1521: 196 Old Babylonian Empire: 1894 BC [1] [2] 1595 BC: 299 Neo-Babylonian Empire: 626 BC: 539 BC ...
Psalter world map (1260) Tabula Peutingeriana (1265, medieval map of the Roman Empire, believed to be based on 4th century source material) Hereford Mappa Mundi (c. 1285; the largest medieval map known still to exist) Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402)
Persian Empire. Ancient emperors were in the subjects game — more people, more profit — and few players played it better than the Persians. According to Guinness World Records, the Persian ...
Encompassing approximately 5.5 million square kilometers at its height in 500 BC, [23] [24] the Achaemenid Empire was territorially the largest empire of antiquity. [ dubious – discuss ] In its time it had political power over neighboring countries, and had high cultural and economic achievements during its lengthy rule over a vast region ...
Category:History maps by country; ... List of largest empires; List of largest empires and polities on Indian subcontinent; A. Abbasid Caliphate; Achaemenid Empire;
Ethiopian Empire (1270–1974) Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964) Central African Empire (1976–1979) The Americas. First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806) Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822) First Mexican Empire (1821–1823) Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) Second Empire of Haiti (1849 ...
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