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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 First Persian Empire at its greatest extent, c. 500 BC The Achaemenid dynasty of the Persian Empire , founded by Cyrus the Great , ruled an area from Greece and Turkey to the Indus River and Central Asia during the 6th to 4th centuries BC.
Empire Start year End year Duration (years) Abbasid Caliphate: 750: 1517: 767 Aceh Sultanate: 1496: 1903: 407 Achaemenid Empire: 550 BC: 330 BC: 220 Afsharid Empire
Former empires in Asia. Subcategories. This category has the following 61 subcategories, out of 61 total. A. Achaemenid Empire (15 C, 59 P)
By the mid-16th century, the Burmese First Toungoo Empire was one of the largest, strongest and richest empires in Southeast Asia. [ 101 ] [ 102 ] At its peak, it was the dominant power in mainland Southeast Asia, exercising "suzerainty from Manipur to the Cambodian marches and from the borders of Arakan to Yunnan ". [ 103 ]
After hunter-gatherers became farmers and farming gave rise to cities, cities gave rise to empires. ... the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population.
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 ...
Nomadic empires, sometimes also called steppe empires, Central or Inner Asian empires, were the empires erected by the bow-wielding, horse-riding, nomadic people in the Eurasian Steppe, from classical antiquity to the early modern era . They are the most prominent example of non-sedentary polities.