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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 ]
A large medieval pagan empire in Europe lasting from 1253-1569 as an independent state, prior to its union with Poland. Measured at its greatest extent in the 15th century. Cyrenaica: 855,370: Eastern coastal region of Libya. Unorganized Borough: 837,700: Subdivided part of Alaska, largest "borough" of the state. Namibia: 824,292: Country in ...
Multi-country empire in Europe and Asia; a Khanate remnant of the Mongol Empire, lasting from 1240–1502. Size is approximate at its apex in 1310. Western Han Dynasty: 6,000,000 The Chinese Empire lasting from 206 BC – 9 AD. Size at greatest extent in 50 BC. First Turkic Khaganate: 6,000,000 Size at greatest extent in 557. Australian ...
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water. This list includes entries that are not limited to those in the ISO 3166-1 standard, which covers sovereign states and dependent territories.
Second Bulgarian Empire: 1185: 1396: 211 Byzantine Empire: 395: 1453: 1058 Carthaginian Empire: 814 BC: 146 BC: 668 Central African Empire: 1976 1979 3 Chenla: 550: 802: 252 Chimor: 900: 1470: 570 Chola Empire: 848: 1279: 431 Classical Athens: 508 BC: 322 BC: 180 Danish colonial empire: 1536: 1953: 417 Durrani Empire: 1747: 1842: 95 Dutch ...
Egyptian Empire. In 2002, the journal Nature published a game-changing report that revealed an incredible economic disparity in ancient Egypt. The vast majority of ancient Egyptians, it turns out ...
We could also do a table based on population - I don't know for sure, but I suspect for example that Han was the largest ancient empire by population. Jamesinderbyshire 07:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC) There's already a list of empires by population size, but the "estimates" for ancient empires are little more than guesses.
This is an index of a series of comprehensive lists of continents, countries, and first level administrative country subdivisions such as states, provinces, and territories, as well as certain political and geographic features of substantial area. [1]