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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.
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: 1501: 1785: 284 Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria ...
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
The first French colonial empire reached its peak in 1680 at over 10,000,000 km 2 (3,900,000 sq mi), which at the time, was the second largest in the world behind the Spanish Empire. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the colonial empire of France was the second-largest in the world behind the British Empire.
[54] [55] [56] The Sui, Tang and Song empires had the world's largest economy and were the most technologically advanced during their time; [57] [58] the Great Yuan Empire was the world's ninth largest empire by total land area; while the Great Ming Empire is famous for the seven maritime expeditions led by Zheng He. [42]
The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous empire in history. [4] Originating in present-day Mongolia in East Asia, the Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, extending northward into parts of the Arctic; [5] eastward and southward into parts of the Indian subcontinent, mounted invasions of Southeast Asia, and ...
There should be a definitive list of the top 100 largest empires (greatest extent) by land size (most accepted/recent estimate) for the full list of the largest empires in a seperate area and a list of notable empires at their largest extent where it currently is. Popayan1210 15:22, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
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