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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.
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 ...
Encompassing approximately 5.5 million square kilometers at its height in 500 BC, [23] [24] the Achaemenid Empire was territorially the largest empire of antiquity. [ dubious – discuss ] In its time it had political power over neighboring countries, and had high cultural and economic achievements during its lengthy rule over a vast region ...
Meet history’s wealthiest empires. ... the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population. From spices in India to fur in Canada, the entire thing was ...
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]
After hunter-gatherers became farmers and farming gave rise to cities, cities gave rise to empires. They grew through military conquest, were built by slaves and were maintained with brutal ...
The Dynamics of Ancient Empires: State power from Assyria to Byzantium. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pella, John & Erik Ringmar, History of International Relations Open Textbook Project , Cambridge: Open Book, forthcoming.
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