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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.
The Empire was founded in 322 BC by Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta waged a war against the nearby Greek powers and won, forcing the Greeks to surrender large amounts of land. Under the reign of Ashoka the Great, the empire turned to spreading its soft power in the form of Buddhism. [32] Spread of Buddhism to the West during the reign of ...
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: 1506: 1785: 279 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...
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 ...
The term "great power" has only been used in historiography and political science since the Congress of Vienna in 1815. [1] Lord Castlereagh , the British Foreign Secretary , first used the term in its diplomatic context in 1814 in reference to the Treaty of Chaumont .
Pages in category "Former empires" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. ... Empire of Great Fulo; Gunpowder empires; H. Habsburg monarchy ...
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 ...
The Persian Achaemenid Empire at its greatest extent, c. 500 BC. The Achaemenid Empire was founded by Cyrus the Great, who first became king of the Persians, then conquered the Medes, Lydia, and Babylon by 539 BC. The empire built on earlier Mesopotamian systems of government to govern their large empire.