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50 largest Empires in History

In this quiz you will name the 50 largest emipres in history by area. Good luck!
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Sq mi (millions)
Year at peak
% of world population
Empire
13.71
1920
26.35
British Empire
9.27
1270/1309
17.81
Mongol Empire
8.80
1895
16.92
Russian Empire
5.68
1790
10.91
Qing Dynasty
5.29
1810
10.17
Spanish Empire
4.44
1920
8.53
Second French Empire
4.29
750
8.24
Abbasid Caliphate
4.29
720
8.24
Umayyad Caliphate
4.25
1310
8.16
Yuan Dinasty
3.47
176 BC
6.68
Xiongnu Empire
3.22
1889
6.19
Empire of Brazil
2.86-3.28
1942
5.49-6.32
Empire of Japan
2.74
1640
5.27
Iberian Union
2.51
100
4.82
Eastern Han Dynasty
2.51
1450
4.82
Ming Dynasty
2.47
655
4.75
Rashidun Caliphate
2.32
557
4.45
First Turkic Khaganate
2.32
1310
4.45
Golden Horde Khanate
2.32
50 BC
4.45
Western Han Dynasty
2.12
500 BC
4.08
Achaemenid Empire
2.12
1820
4.08
Second Portuguese Empire
2.08
715
4.01
Tang Dynasty
2.01
323 BC
3.86
Macedonian Empire
2.01
1683
3.86
Ottoman Empire
1.93
1368
3.71
Northern Yuan Dinasty
1.93
117
3.71
Roman Empire
Sq mi (millions)
Year at peak
% of world population
Empire
1.81
10
3.49
Xin Dinasty
1.78
800
3.41
Tibetan Empire
1.74
200
3.34
Xianbei State
1.71
1821
3.29
First Mexican Empire
1.70
1405
3.27
Timurid Empire
1.58
969
3.04
Fatimid Caliphate
1.54
624
2.97
Eastern Turkic Khaganate
1.54
441
2.97
Hunnic Empire
1.54
1690
2.97
Mughal Empire
1.51
1080
2.89
Great Seljuq Empire
1.51
301 BC
2.89
Seleucid Empire
1.48
1941
2.84
Italian Empire
1.45
1310
2.78
Ilkhanate
1.39
1650
2.67
Dzungar Khanate
1.35
1310/1350
2.60
Chagatai Khanate
1.35
630
2.60
Western Turkic Khaganate
1.35
550
2.60
Sasanian Empire
1.35
20
2.60
Western Xiongnu
1.31
1670
2.52
First French Empire
1.31
1029
2.52
Ghaznavid Empire
1.31-1.93
261 BC/250 BC
2.52-3.71
Maurya Empire
1.24
1312
2.37
Delhi Sultanate
1.21
1911
2.34
German Empire
1.20
980
2.30
Northern Song Dynasty
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