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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.
Largest plateau in the world by area. Roman Empire: 5,000,000: Multi-country empire in antiquity, under Trajan in AD 117. Maurya Empire: 5,000,000: Indian empire lasted from 321–185 BC, size is calculated to be the greatest extent reached in 250 BC. British Raj: 4,903,312: Unofficially called Indian Empire. First Mexican Empire: 4,874,683
Bamana Empire: 1712: 1861: 149 Belgian colonial empire: 1908: 1962: 55 Kingdom of Benin: 1180: 1897: 717 Empire of Brazil: 1822: 1889: 67 Britannic Empire: 286: 296: 10 British Empire: 1583: 1997: 414 British Raj: 1858: 1947: 89 Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888) 1368: 1888: 520 Old Great Bulgaria: 632: 668: 36 First Bulgarian Empire: 681: 1018: ...
The Great Qing Empire of China (1644–1912) was the fourth largest empire in world history by total land area, and laid the foundation for the modern territorial claims of both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.
By this point in 1920 the British empire had grown to become the largest empire in history, controlling approximately 25% of the world's land surface and 25% of the world's population. [103] It covered about 36.6 million km 2 (14.1 million sq mi). Because of its magnitude, it was often referred to as "the empire on which the sun never sets". [106]
By 1913, the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 percent of the world population at the time, [2] and by 1920, it covered 35.5 million km 2 (13.7 million sq mi), [3] 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area.
German colonial empire, the third largest colonial empire during the 19th century after the British and the French ones [102] German expansion into Slavic lands begins in the 12th–13th-century (see Drang Nach Osten). The concept of Drang Nach Osten was a core element of German nationalism and a major element of Nazi ideology. However, the ...
Subsequent colonial empires included the French, English, Dutch and Japanese empires. By the mid-17th century, the Tsardom of Russia, continued later as the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and modern Russia, became the largest contiguous state in the world and remains so to this day. Colonial powers in 1898 [a]