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  2. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    1750 BC – 1700 BC [23] ... Land area during time as largest empire Approximate period [29] ... 1450 – 1500: Ottoman Empire: 4.3 1.66 1550:

  3. List of wars: 1500–1799 - Wikipedia

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    Timurid Empire: Shaybanid dynasty: 1502 1543 Guelders Wars Holy Roman Empire: Duchy of Guelders: 1503 1505 War of the Succession of Landshut: Duchy of Bavaria-Munich: Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut Electorate of the Palatinate: 1505 1517 Portuguese–Mamluk naval war Portugal: Mamluk Sultanate Ottoman Empire: 1507 1508 Third Muscovite–Lithuanian War

  4. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Timeline of European imperialism - Wikipedia

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    The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970 (2009) excerpt and text search; Darwin, John. Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain (2013) Ferguson, Niall. Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power (2002) Gallagher, John, and Ronald Robinson.

  6. Early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    The Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis, 1600–1750 (1976) de Vries, Jan. European Urbanization, 1500–1800 (1984) Dewald, Jonathan. "The Early Modern Period." in Encyclopedia of European Social History, edited by Peter N. Stearns, (vol. 1: 2001), pp. 165–177. online; Dorn, Walter L. Competition For Empire 1740–1763 (1940) online

  7. List of Muslim states and dynasties - Wikipedia

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    Fulani or Fulbe Empire of El Hajj Oumar Tall, Toucouleur Empire (1848–1898) Fulani or Fulbe Empire of Bundu (state) of Malick Daouda Sy (1669–1954) Kanem Empire (700–1380) Bornu Empire (1380–1893) Wadai Empire (1501–1912) Ghana Empire (500–1200) Mali Empire (1230–1670) Cameroon. Bafut Kingdom (1750–present) Kotoko Kingdom (1450 ...

  8. List of medieval great powers - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3] [4] Goguryeo (400-668) [5] [6] Iran (Sasanians, 500–600; Samanids, 900–950; Timurids, 1400–1450) [3] [4] Byzantine Empire (500–1050) [3] [4] Göktürk Khaganate (550–600) [3] Tibetan Empire (650–1250) [3] The ...

  9. List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ottoman Empire was the first of the three Islamic Gunpowder Empires, followed by Safavid Persia and Mughal India. By the 14th century, the Ottomans had adopted gunpowder artillery . [ 2 ] By the time of Sultan Mehmed II , they had been drilled with firearms and became "perhaps the first standing infantry force equipped with firearms in the ...