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  2. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    The British Empire (red) and Mongol Empire (blue) were the largest and second-largest empires in history, respectively. The precise extent of either empire at its greatest territorial expansion is a matter of debate among scholars.

  3. 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 ...

  4. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 11 Richest Empires in Ancient History - AOL

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    At its height, it controlled 25% of the world’s landmass — geographically, the largest empire ever — and 412 million subjects or 23% of the world’s population.

  6. List of modern great powers - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. List of great powers from the early modern period to the post-Cold War era Great powers are often recognized in an international structure such as the United Nations Security Council. A great power is a nation, state or empire that, through its economic, political and military strength ...

  7. Empire - Wikipedia

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    [40] [41] [42] The Sui, Tang and Song empires had the world's largest economy and were the most technologically advanced during their time; [43] [44] 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. [31]

  8. Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Empire reached its largest expanse under Trajan (r. 98–117 ), [ 57 ] encompassing 5 million km 2 . [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The traditional population estimate of 55–60 million inhabitants [ 58 ] accounted for between one-sixth and one-fourth of the world's total population [ 59 ] and made it the most populous unified political entity in the West ...

  9. Ancient history - Wikipedia

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    Largest expansion of Kingdom of Armenia under Tigranes the Great. The Hittites first came to Anatolia about 1900 BC and during the period 1600-1500 they expanded into Mesopotamia where they adopted the cuneiform script to their Indo-European language. By 1200 their empire stretched to Phoenicia and eastern Anatolia.