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2. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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   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. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]

3. List of empires - Wikipedia

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   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) 632: 668: 36 Bulgarian Empire (first) 681: 1018: 337 Bulgarian Empire (second) 1185: 1396: 211 Burgundian State: 1384: ...

4. Akkadian Empire - Wikipedia

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   The Akkadian Empire (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /) [2] was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.Centered on the city of Akkad (/ ˈ æ k æ d /) [3] and its surrounding region, the empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military ...

5. History of the Middle East - Wikipedia

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   From the early 6th century BC onwards, several Persian states dominated the region, beginning with the Medes and non-Persian Neo-Babylonian Empire, then their successor the Achaemenid Empire known as the first Persian Empire, conquered in the late 4th century BC by the very short-lived Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great, and then ...

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

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   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". [2] There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. States emerged in a process covering many ...

7. Nomadic empire - Wikipedia

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   The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous land empire in history at its peak, with an estimated population of over 100 million people. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, and at its height, it encompassed the majority of the territories from East Asia to Eastern Europe .

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9. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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   As the Parthians were replaced by the Sassanids, they carried on the already century long lasting Roman–Persian Wars, which would eventually become the longest conflict in human history. The empire constituted the last great Iranian Empire before the Muslim conquest and adoption of Islam .