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Biggest Nations and Empires Ever

Guess the nations that controlled the largest land areas.
Includes current nations and historical empires
Groups together different dynasties that arose from a similar cultural group
Size in square kilometers. Year of maximum extent.
Source: Wikipedia
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First submittedAugust 22, 2012
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Size
Year
Answer
35.5 mil
1920
British Empire
24 mil
1200s
Mongol Empire
22.8 mil
1895
Russian Empire
14.7 mil
1700s
China
13.7 mil
1810
Spanish Empire
11.5 mil
1920
French Empire
11.1 mil
720
Umayyad Caliphate
10.0 mil
current
Canada
10.0 mil
1934
United States of America
8.5 mil
current
Brazil
7.7 mil
current
Australia
5.5 mil
500 BC
Achaemenid Persian Empire
5.5 mil
1820
Portuguese Empire
7 mil
1943
Empire of Japan
5.2 mil
1683
Ottoman Empire
6 mil
1942
Nazi Germany
5.2 mil
323 BC
Macedonia
5 mil
250 BC
Maurya Empire (India)
5 mil
1823
Mexican Empire
5 mil
117
Roman Empire
4.6 mil
800
Tibetan Empire
4 mil
441
Hunnic Empire
4 mil
1940
Dutch Empire
3.8 mil
1938
Italian Empire
Quizmaster
+26
Level ∞
Jun 16, 2012
A very tough quiz to make! I dare you to make a better one!
theLAYTshow
+3
Level 37
Aug 22, 2012
Well done QM
Sifhraven
+5
Level 65
Feb 6, 2020
Way to shut up the complainers upfront :) well, those that actualy read before they write.. well, it was a nice thought anyway ;)
McKenzieFam
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Level 58
Aug 3, 2021
How was the USA larger in 1934 than now in 2021? Did it shrink?
Loyal
+12
Level 66
Aug 20, 2021
Back then it controlled the Philipines
AlmostAGenius
+7
Level 78
Aug 24, 2022
That was back before erosion removed several states.
Tadeu
+6
Level 58
Sep 12, 2022
Only a few people know about this but the US owned the moon until the martians attacked in 1934. CIA still denies it to this day.
eliteXproX
+3
Level 45
Nov 15, 2022
Yes, definitely 100%.

I don't know why they deny it when we know the truth. I'm not American though, so, I cannot say much.

MayaB
+10
Level 72
Aug 22, 2012
21/23 from the first try. Happy! :)
Chinchilla
+4
Level 20
Jan 19, 2017
First one I guessed was Mongolian because of Genghis Khan
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
Which ones did you miss?
zoidberg
+18
Level 41
Aug 22, 2012
22/23. I've never heard of the Tibetan Empire :(
Toonga
+1
Level 26
Sep 5, 2019
same here
tom88
+1
Level 71
Feb 6, 2020
apparently not many people have, only 8% guessed
BoraBahea
+1
Level 47
Feb 6, 2020
Me neither.
AbhishekNS
+1
Level 55
Jun 28, 2020
I have heard about the empire. It was during that time when Buddhism was formally introduced in Tibet.
Thomas1VL
+5
Level 62
Jul 27, 2020
I hadn't heard of the empire but I just guessed Tibet because it's big lol
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
I think that the Tibetan Empire might have had one of the ugliest flags.
xolkan
+3
Level 50
Aug 22, 2012
missed the Arab Caliphate
TomatosRaafatos
+8
Level 73
Sep 23, 2015
So did many historians...
stevenmn
+3
Level 20
Dec 28, 2017
i was thinking about tibet and say ''nah impossible''
swagjunction21
+7
Level 26
Aug 22, 2012
what about the byzantine empire?
What
+2
Level 27
Aug 27, 2012
I guess it's not mentioned because it's mainly part of the old Roman Empire
kalbahamut
+3
Level 83
Feb 25, 2013
see my comment above. Maybe it's not counted because it was also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. On the other hand, it might also be smaller than the Dutch Empire. The Roman Empire in its entirety was only 5 million sq km and the Dutch Empire is listed at 4.
jamesd
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Level 68
Jan 19, 2017
I think it's not included because it wasn't quite big enough. I tried Byzantium, Byzantine, and Eastern Roman as well. However, wikipedia has it listed at only 2.8 million sq km. Many parts of the eastern empire weren't roman during the maximal extent of the Roman empire in 117.
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Feb 6, 2020
That comment seems to have gone missing now... I probably also said something about "similar cultural groups" being arbitrary, and the only reason for us to think of the Romans and Italians as separate is because we learn more about them in Western history classes. If we learned as much about different Indian and Chinese dynasties and Persian empires etc we could separate many of them out, too. We only think of them all as being monolithic because of our selective ignorance.
JWatson24
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Level 71
Mar 6, 2021
I think a pretty good example of what Kal is talking about is the Mughal Empire. The dynasty was founded by Central Asian Turks (Babur was from Uzbekistan), who are very much distinct from Indians. It's true that they intermarried with Indians later on and included plenty of Indians in the administration, but I'd still say the royal family itself was not Indian. Ditto for China's Qing Dynasty, which was ruled by Manchus.

I won't really argue this point because to a large extent both the Mughals and the Qing continued governing over the same areas in the much the same ways as the empires that came before them. It's just worth pointing that treating two groups as the same just because of geography is somewhat silly.

Sulps
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Level 56
Oct 24, 2012
The Napoleonic Empire is counted as the French Empire here, which was bigger in the 20th century than during Napoleon's rule.

Also, Indiavoyager, it says that there are current countries here as well, not only empires from the past.

Ponderosa
+2
Level 85
Dec 3, 2012
19-20th century French Empire included most of West Africa, for yall's information.
Jezilly
+2
Level 77
Dec 10, 2012
You can type Spain and spanish comes up but you can't type Italy for italian.
Ozchris
+2
Level 33
Dec 22, 2012
Australia? Really? How it that? You're not confusing it with the Austro-Hungarian empire are you? (I was surprised not to see it there.) Still... cracking good quiz!
Possums
+5
Level 31
Jul 13, 2016
No.... Read the damn descriptions please. The Canadian, Brazillian and Australian Empires have never existed!
morequizzes4u
+16
Level 33
Sep 14, 2016
Actually Brazil was an empire until 1889
LuigiDood227
+2
Level 64
Dec 19, 2020
This is modern Brazil, Canada, and Australia. They were never empires, just today's countries.
FrostExplosion
+1
Level 50
Apr 15, 2022
I believe Brazil was larger when it was an empire (had control of Uruguay)
Lemondance
+1
Level 66
Nov 21, 2022
And would Australia not have been bigger when it had PNG?
paula05
+1
Level 35
Dec 23, 2012
18. good quiz.
zimbabwe12
+2
Level 53
Mar 13, 2013
i don't think "arab" should be accepted. it should be "arab caliphate," if you really know what the name is then you don't need to cheat by just typing in arab. its reasonable for france, spain, italy, etc., but not for an empire without a modern country. it wasn't the arab empire it was the arab caliphate
kalbahamut
+9
Level 83
Jan 19, 2017
Why would there be a special exception for the Arab Empire? None of these other empires except one actually used the English word "empire," but we don't require you to know Reich, империя, Imperio, or whatever the happened to be called in their own language- just the adjective that goes before it.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
yea, weird that according to you you could omit "empire" but not "caliphate" Isnt meaning the correct thing good enough? Empire is a word well know by non english speakers, caliphate however isnt. So I think it is atleast as fair if not more, to accept that one without caliphate is you accept the others without empire.

And "without a modern country" is an even more weird argument to me. I would think the other way around. That the ones that are a country now should sooner require the suffix empire, as not to confuse it with its current state

carl85
+2
Level 26
May 17, 2014
wow finished with 2 seconds left...mexico ftw!!
SolomonPierce
+1
Level 35
May 28, 2014
I tried Flemish instead of Dutch... also Mexico instead of Mexican Empire =?
ChaosLord
+2
Level 73
Aug 13, 2017
Flanders is just a region of the Low Countries; when they were united, it was ruled by the Dutch.
JDodger123
+1
Level 39
Jun 15, 2014
A-ma-zing! Loved this quiz, got everything but India. I was thinking India at the last minute, but didn't think India would be accepted. Oh well!
eurocrem
+1
Level 42
Jul 29, 2014
should accept:

iran for Persian Empire

saudi arabia for Arab Caliphate

TheodoreE45
+3
Level 93
Feb 6, 2020
But that's like saying accept the United States for Navajo... they're not the same thing.
Findlay
+5
Level 83
Jan 11, 2022
Iran for Persian Empire I think is fine - Iran has been used as a name for that area since at least the time of the Sassanid Empire (where it is attested in the Avestas), but the Behistun Inscription of Darius the Great (importantly, of the Achaemenid Dynasty) refers to the Iranian people, implying the name Iran was already in use by then.

On the other hand, accepting Saudi Arabia for Arab Caliphate would be quite absurd - the former is not a direct successor to the latter in any meaningful sense. The Umayyads didn't even have their capitals in the territory of modern Saudi Arabia, with Damascus in Syria being the most significant.

Miqueas
+4
Level 69
Oct 23, 2014
Brazil was actually an Empire once. It covered all of its current size plus Uruguay. The sizes are rounded so it wouldn't even move, but I think it would be accurate to correct the name.
dingtrf
+1
Level 50
Jun 25, 2020
It wasn't bigger than nowadays because they didn't have a part of amazonia which was then part of peru bolivia, they also had some land that belonged to paraguay.
tigersue
+1
Level 75
Oct 23, 2014
Please can somebody explain how Australia and Canada are empires? I always assumed an empire required an emperor! Thank you...
mez
+7
Level 70
Oct 23, 2014
no... Australia just has Thor! And Canada has Bieber!
Sifhraven
+5
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
How does australia have Thor... He is scandinavian/germanic.
tom88
+8
Level 71
Aug 21, 2019
and nobody in Canada wants Bieber. thats why we sent him to the U.S
Jacktheguy
+4
Level 88
Feb 6, 2020
Australia has Crocodile Dundee.
blizzrd33
+3
Level 79
Feb 6, 2020
Google Chris Hemsworth and you'll have your answer as to how Australia has Thor
GrizzysHairline
+1
Level 19
Aug 14, 2020
Ur not funny
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Oct 23, 2014
They're not. They are nations. Where does it say this quiz is only empires?
CaoMaru
+1
Level 50
Feb 6, 2020
In addition to the fact that answers don't have to be empires, empires do not have to have an emperor. For example, the British, French, and Spanish empires did not have an emperor. The French empire did not even have a king.
FadKrashmor
+1
Level 69
Apr 3, 2020
British empire did have an empress and then two emperors, just only of India.
HendogJP
+1
Level 57
Dec 15, 2020
Well, they aren't but they're, this is important; Really BIG countries, size wise, which is what the quiz is asking.
Awesomeness101
+1
Level 53
Oct 23, 2014
18/23 thought I had us and brazil. somehow missed portugal
Qoan
+1
Level 33
Oct 23, 2014
This is basically the worst and most nonsensical quiz I have ever seen.
Sifhraven
+10
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
Why? worse.. ok taste differ, but how on earth is it nonsensical.
richardlecoq
+1
Level 27
Oct 23, 2014
excuse me QM, what about the austro-hungrois? seems to me it was a very important empire during WWI...
hellodrew
+2
Level 65
May 23, 2016
It was important and had a large population but this quiz relates to land area that it covered.
Wulfy
+4
Level 51
Dec 7, 2018
it was about the size of myanmar mercator projection has done it again
GeneralWaffle64
+1
Level 45
Oct 24, 2014
Tibetan? Is there another name for this that'd be more familiar? I'm assuming this was part of the update.
Poosetifer
+3
Level 45
Oct 26, 2014
Were the Inca, Mayan and Aztec Empires smaller than the Tibetan Empire?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
Yea I wondered about that too, I thought it covered quite a big area though not heavily populated
Jiaozira
+2
Level 70
Feb 7, 2020
The empires weren't notably big. I believe it had something to do with a lack of transport (no horses or other large animals until the Europeans arrived). The Incas used a system of runners to relay information but they just didn't have same advantages as the Old World.
AbhishekNS
+2
Level 55
Jun 28, 2020
The Inca, Mayan and Aztec civilisations were all smaller than Saudi Arabia.

Where as, Tibetan Empire is about 4 times as big as the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China. In fact, it included areas beyond the Tibetan plateau.

JockShepshed
+1
Level 35
Oct 31, 2014
Canada has an empire? Australia and Brazil too? . . pennicilin, diabetic insulin, golf, tarmac, adhesive postage stamps, pneumatic tyres, flushing toilet, television, the Bank of England, the U.S Navy, electric toaster, most of AC/DC, all of The Proclaimers, Peter Pan, bicycles, the BBC, the A.T.M, cordite, the first Bible in English, Dolly the sheep, tossing the Caber, and deep fried Mars bars affect the whole world, so everyone lives in the Scottish Empire . . .
JHAssassin
+6
Level 26
Nov 24, 2014
Are you being sarcastic because QM said it includes largest countries...
Wulfy
+2
Level 51
Dec 7, 2018
bro it says largest nations and empires
JHAssassin
+5
Level 26
Nov 24, 2014
What about the Soviet Union? Or is it not big as the Russian Empire?
AbhishekNS
+3
Level 55
Jun 29, 2020
I typed USSR and it got accepted as Russian Empire. Probably, Alaska made the difference.
driehoek25
+2
Level 66
Oct 26, 2020
and Finland
TheGrandLotus
+1
Level 21
Dec 17, 2014
I think you should separate between the empires and nations. Also, I don't know if it affected anyone, but I think "nation" should just be "country).
MBAMatt
+1
Level 76
Dec 18, 2014
Conceptually elusive. Might want to give a few better hints.
Sifhraven
+5
Level 65
Feb 6, 2020
The description not sufficient enough? Says it all imo.
Hevic
+1
Level 37
Sep 11, 2015
Nice quiz! Got hung up on Tibet for a whole minute, but finally got it with 30 seconds to go:)
peskychocolatedevil
+1
Level 35
Dec 16, 2015
got all except for tibet
Sly67
+1
Level 72
Dec 16, 2015
no aztec or incas ?
MT14
+2
Level 36
Dec 16, 2015
Khmer Empire?
markthoma
+1
Level 73
Jun 5, 2018
I wondered about that as well, some interesting surprises indeed!
Quizzer6794
+1
Level 64
Dec 16, 2015
Very fun quiz. :)
DragonEd
+2
Level 39
Apr 16, 2016
Considering it was over a contiguous area, them Mongols really did build themselves an impressive area of control.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
May 11, 2016
Just missed Tibet. But looking at the stats, so did everyone else, so I don't feel too bad.
kiwiquizzer
+1
Level 68
Jan 19, 2017
I got Tibet (been there). But forgot Japan, would you believe.
thedb
+4
Level 67
Jul 13, 2016
someone needs to make a "countries/empires of the world" by century quiz. who was around in 2000, 1900, 1800, etc.?
brainchild
+1
Level 69
Jul 18, 2016
What about the Vikings?
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
relative tiny area
poltergeist
+2
Level 59
Aug 7, 2019
They owned Greenland, some Canadian islands, and Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, and some parts of Russia and the UK. Not exactly small.
NHG
+1
Level 49
Sep 15, 2020
Yes, but some countries still use the Mercator projection which unfortunately results in some very skewed ideas about relative size.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 60
Oct 17, 2021
What countries don't use Mercator?
maur85
+2
Level 71
Nov 20, 2022
Lots of settlements, independent from the motherland, don't make an empire. Also, they settled in Greenland, Iceland, Russia and Canada but only tiny parts of those. It's also debatable wether Swedes, Danes and Norsemen should be grouped together.
mariposita
+2
Level 68
Aug 26, 2016
got all but Spain... I feel really stupid now, especially because I got every country on this list in somewhat close proximity to Spain and even tried the Moors, but missed the empire that conquered the country I live in.
PatoPotato
+1
Level 49
Sep 6, 2016
The USSR and Russian Empire are different. The Russian Empire had Poland and Finland. DIFFERENT
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 6, 2016
"Groups together different dynasties that arose from a similar cultural group"
stusum
+1
Level 63
Oct 13, 2020
Then why is Brazil included. It's just a split away from the Portuguese Empire.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 60
Oct 17, 2021
I think because the operational center of the Portuguese Empire was in Portugal, not in Brazil.
Findlay
+1
Level 83
Oct 24, 2016
Good quiz, though inevitably given the imprecise nature of such things there's going to be potential quibbles. Makes sense not to include, for example the Seleucid Empire or the Byzantines, as they are direct successors to Alexander's Empire and Rome respectively. I do think, however, that the Mauryan Empire, Mughal Empire and modern India should all be treated separately though, on the same grounds as the Roman Empire and Italy.
HectorVortac
+1
Level 48
Jan 20, 2017
Roman empire included areas not ever controlled by Italy. And though I'm not certain, vice versa is probably true.
sumguy
+3
Level 83
Jan 11, 2017
The list seems to be mostly largest to smallest, but the Empire of Japan and Nazi Germany are out of order.
mf3
+1
Level 86
Jan 19, 2017
The Belgian Empire included today's DR Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. (Plus Belgium!) That's pretty big...
kolp
+3
Level 87
Jan 19, 2017
Congo is huge. The other three not so much.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
But not nearly big enough, around 2.5 mil km2 it needs a lot more to make the list. Like almost double that.
Antofagasta
+1
Level 64
Jan 20, 2017
Roman!!! Oh come on!!
morequizzes4u
+2
Level 33
Jan 26, 2017
Third reich should be accepted
morequizzes4u
+1
Level 33
Jan 26, 2017
Byzantine empire should be in the list
Danre98
+1
Level 50
Mar 27, 2022
That's just another roman empire
Artie944
+1
Level 65
Jan 29, 2017
Did it again today but didn't get Umayyad Caliphate, although I did the last time I tried. What did I type in? Because I'm sure I didn't type 'Umayyad' last time xD
Artie944
+1
Level 65
Jan 29, 2017
Probably 'Arabic', but not sure about this one..
Arn
+1
Level 43
Feb 9, 2017
How are you counting the portuguese empire?

Brazil was a part of it and after the indepence it hardy grew!!! so if Brazil alone is 8.5 the Portuguese empire should obviously be bigger that 8.5, besides Brazil, Angola and Mozambique where also part of the empire, correct your math.

Gamer1162
+2
Level 60
Feb 27, 2017
Japan and Nazi Germany are out of order. Also, where's Japan in the source?
calvord
+1
Level 64
May 7, 2017
I thought there would be entries for Denmark since it controls Greenland, then also the Inca, Aztec, and Mayan Empires.
ChaosLord
+4
Level 73
Aug 13, 2017
The Inca, Aztec and Mayan Empires, in comparison to the colonial powers, were absolutely tiny.
NHG
+1
Level 49
Sep 15, 2020
Greenland is pretty small in the grand scheme of things (unless for some unknown reason you're still using a Mercator projection in this modern day and age)
TheNewYork
+1
Level 35
Jun 6, 2017
Ugh,Alexander!
Algernon
+1
Level 71
Jul 15, 2017
Canadian isn't an acceptable type in for Canada? Really?
ChaosLord
+5
Level 73
Aug 13, 2017
Because there's never been a Canadian Empire. It's simply the nation state of Canada.
Milezinator
+1
Level 68
Jul 19, 2017
i missed one but still got 5/5 i didnt know that could happen!
Maladroit
+2
Level 52
Oct 25, 2017
For those curious, Sudan (pre-2011) misses out by quite a bit, with only 2.5 million square kilometres.
Nick16
+2
Level 54
Oct 25, 2017
Tibet? Wow
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
If you look up the Tibetan Empire, then you can see how huge it was. And also how ugly its flag was.
morequizzes4u
+5
Level 33
Nov 1, 2017
@Quizmaster

Turkic khaganate: 6 million square km

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkic_Khaganate#

Seljuk empire: 3.9 million square km

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seljuk_Empire

Lemondance
+1
Level 66
Nov 21, 2022
The quiz uses square miles. Both of those values are smaller than the smallest quiz answer.
divantilya
+3
Level 37
Nov 29, 2017
Ignoring the usual naysayers, Quiz Master, this was a great quiz. Thank you for the effort!
stevenmn
+2
Level 20
Dec 28, 2017
i am sure that the 8 percent that answer tibet is cheating
thisisnotanaccount1234567
+5
Level 46
Dec 28, 2017
probably not, they just are huge history nerds.
markthoma
+4
Level 73
Jun 5, 2018
I wasn't. Tibet is a relatively large land area with a long history and previous autonomy. I think it was the 2nd or 3rd to last one I got out of the 23. ...

One of the things I did was try to guess every significant culture I could think of and when I ran out of those I guessed large regions or peoples, etc. ...

It was pretty interesting how many famous empires did not make the list. Aztec, Inca, Maya, Carthaginian, Khmer.

Alssky
+2
Level 32
Apr 6, 2019
No LMAO. I can remember about Tibet bc I'm Asian and I learn a lot about it Lololol
AbhishekNS
+1
Level 55
Jun 29, 2020
Or might be Chinese/Indian.
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
I already knew about the Tibetan Empire and how big it was, just because we're smart doesn't mean that we're cheating...
azerifactory
+1
Level 38
Jul 5, 2018
Where is Austro-Hungarian Empire ?
RobNobody
+8
Level 75
Dec 7, 2018
Central Europe.
Sifhraven
+3
Level 65
Jul 23, 2019
It isnt, it doesnt exist anymore
HendogJP
+1
Level 57
Dec 15, 2020
Neither do most of these empires... to answer the question, it doesn't even break a million square kilometres.
Tamarin07
+2
Level 33
Jul 30, 2018
Where is Majapahit Empire?
piscis
+1
Level 25
Sep 23, 2018
Why not USSR?

It is different from the Russian Empire.

MikolajSzkutnik
+1
Level 72
Nov 15, 2018
got Hunnic and Tibetan, missed Italian, French and Dutch.....
driehoek25
+2
Level 66
Oct 26, 2020
Seriously the French? Half the world was carved up by the British and French at the beginning of last century.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Apr 11, 2023
I did the same since I assumed it was already guessed.
Zaakna
+5
Level 51
Dec 7, 2018
Was Australia not bigger when before Papua New Guinea and the Solomon islands got independance?
TjizzleDizzle
+2
Level 66
Feb 10, 2020
I am surprised it took so long in the comments to see someone make this point. First thing I thought when it said it is current Australia....'wait a minute'....LOL.
Tramp
+1
Level 75
Dec 7, 2018
Tibet is such an inhospitable place, I bet it included like 16 people at its peak
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
Mar 18, 2022
Believe it or not, around 10,000,000 lived in the Tibetan empire.
Jerry928
+3
Level 75
Dec 23, 2018
Japan and Germany appear out of size sequence.
guvenah
+2
Level 27
Jul 11, 2019
Should accept Alexandrian empire as Macedonian
poltergeist
+1
Level 59
Jul 12, 2019
no vikings?
HinesBrothers
+4
Level 75
Sep 11, 2019
Japan and Germany are out of place on the list, they both should be listed higher up because last time I Czeched, 7 mil > 5.5 mil and 6 mil > 5.2 mil
Sifhraven
+3
Level 65
Feb 6, 2020
Czeched haha I Ghana believe you wrote that
CardinalSin
+1
Level 76
Feb 6, 2020
Och, mon. Wi remarks like that, I'll pretend I nae Kenya.
JackintheBox
+4
Level 78
Nov 20, 2019
Got 'Hunnic Empire' after typing 'Hun'... for 'Hungary'!
Chunkydonkey
+2
Level 58
Feb 6, 2020
Dutch empire with 4 mil sqkm???? In 1940? What belonged to the Netherlands at that time besides Indonesia, Surinam, the Dutch West Indies and NL itself? Altogether barely 2 mil sqkm?
JackintheBox
+1
Level 78
Jul 18, 2020
Yes, where does the remaining 2 million sq km come from?
NauruPalau
+1
Level 50
Feb 6, 2020
21/24 missed Umayyad, Tibet, and Mexican. Good wuiz
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Feb 6, 2020
Why was America at its greatest extent in 1934? I know that America would've been larger in the past due to imperial expansion in the early 1900s, but I thought that mostly happened in the first decade or two of the century. Was there something annexed by America in 1934 that allowed it to reach its greatest extent?
nonono
+2
Level 87
Feb 6, 2020
Good question. I would have guessed around 1898 when the US acquired Hawaii, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. This may be based on an interpretation of the Howard-Wheeler Act (a/k/a Indian Reorganization Act of 1934) that restored at least some Native American sovereignty over reservations. If you remove that territory from the calculation, the area of the US becomes smaller in 1934.
TheQuizzler
+1
Level 63
Feb 6, 2020
Fascinating quiz, Quizmaster!
protector441
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Level 45
Feb 6, 2020
Timurid empire is missing. I checked it, because I could not believe that and it listed in the source given in description as well (at 4.4 mil. of sq kilometres). It is definitely not related to the Ottoman, nor the Mongol. Please check it out!
kalbahamut
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Level 83
Feb 7, 2020
I'm guessing they're counting it as a offshoot of the Mongolian Empire, and not counting it because it was not as large. But you're right... see what I said above about the differences between the Italian and Roman Empires.
Carlcv
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Level 53
Mar 20, 2020
Danish empire? the danish empire was Sweden, Norway, Some of germany, Iceland, faroe islands and greenland. That must be bigger than some of these.
NHG
+1
Level 49
Sep 15, 2020
Apart from Greenland which is around a couple of million sq km, the others don't make much difference.
AntiMatter8192
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Level 69
Mar 24, 2020
How abut the Mughal empire? It reached 4.6 million kilometers squared.
SWATkun
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Level 60
Apr 7, 2020
Great quiz I agree, but how tf is Mughal Empire and Mauryan Empire the same and even India is accepted for both.

I humbly request you to change Mauryan Empire to Mughal Empire because both are completely two different Empires with nothing in common except for the land they once ruled.

It's utterly nonsensical to accept Mughal for Mauryan.

Mughal Empire was bigger than Mauryan Empire and so Mauryan Empire shouldn't be accepted even if you accept India for Mughal Empire.

Or give us the source which says the Mughal Empire is the same as the Mauryan Empire. It's such a. Disappointment to see such silly mistakes in this website ;-;

Mughal Empire Wikipedia

Mauryan Empire Wikipedia

AbhishekNS
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Level 55
Jun 29, 2020
Its the other war around. Mauryan Empire under Ashoka was bigger than Mughal Empire ever was.
MaxStickies
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Level 79
Jul 11, 2020
Merely out of curiosity, why was the Xiongnu empire missed out?
TheDarkJaguar
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Level 69
Oct 26, 2020
Looking at it on wikipedia, I would guess it's that they are considered by a lot of scholars to have been the cultural ancestors of the huns, and therefore are disqualified by the "same culture group" clause
Einstein100102
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Level 55
Jul 31, 2020
The USA was the largest country in the world, in 1969 when it laid a flag (claim) to the MOON!
Moos1005
+5
Level 83
Sep 24, 2020
Read your wording again. Something doesn't sound right.
Terran
+2
Level 61
Feb 23, 2022
But the moon is not "in the world".
Cordelia75
+2
Level 56
Nov 18, 2022
The flag was symbolic and not a claim. The USA was part of the UN treaty that stated the moon can not be claimed by any nation.
konigslayer
+3
Level 56
Aug 12, 2020
I am mexican and couldn’t guess the Mexican empire lol
Yeoryios
+1
Level 73
Sep 7, 2020
During the whole quiz I was thinking that the size was population, and I was confused how Macedonia and Ottoman had the same population...
ThatFunnyFish
+1
Level 43
Dec 12, 2020
The biggest moment of australia was when they had also new guinea
Lunamagnoona
+1
Level 42
Aug 25, 2021
I cant believe I got the Tibetan empire but I didn't get the Macedonian empire ( slaps face )
ZooTuber3000
+2
Level 53
Sep 9, 2021
What about the Soviet Union?
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Oct 17, 2021
Considered the same as the Russian Empire, it appears.
KrishPatel
+1
Level 65
Apr 4, 2022
The Russian Empire was larger (very slightly)
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 66
Sep 30, 2021
I missed the Persian Empire *facepalm*
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Oct 17, 2021
I got Tibet... but missed China.
EmadAB
+1
Level 39
Dec 20, 2021
Abbasid caliphate??
DanCanDoIt1217
+2
Level 36
Jan 27, 2022
I meant to say Hungary, but the Hunnic was accepted anyway because I said hun, and I took a while to get Japan
JT22
+1
Level 63
Mar 27, 2022
Why not Yugoslavia?
shrekcena
+2
Level 41
Apr 22, 2022
Not very large
KrishPatel
+1
Level 65
Apr 4, 2022
Lol I typed in Mughal and they accepted Maurya
shrekcena
+1
Level 41
Apr 22, 2022
Ah yes, the Australian and Canadian empires 🧐
ShievaAndGolly
+1
Level 55
May 20, 2022
*Nations* and Empires
Chad
+1
Level 63
Jul 28, 2022
How is Portugal listed at only 5.5 million square kilometres? Colonial Brazil alone was 8.1 million square kilometres.
maur85
+1
Level 71
Nov 20, 2022
How was 1934 the USA's maximum extent? Has it shrunk since then?
Chad
+1
Level 63
Apr 19, 2023
The United States has shrunk since the independence of the Philippines and other less notable possessions, though I’m not entirely sure about the specific choice of 1934.
Lemondance
+1
Level 66
Nov 21, 2022
Where's the Ohioan Empire??
giveMEname
+1
Level 50
Apr 11, 2023
Here: BREAKING NEWS: OHIO RESIDENTS TAKE OVER THE WORLD
Jimbobthequizzer
+2
Level 37
Feb 8, 2023
Australia is not currently at its peak as it used to own Papua New Guinea and to a certain extent Nauru.
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 70
Feb 28, 2023
How was the Portuguese empire smaller than Brazil?
Nickelz
+3
Level 60
Apr 11, 2023
They didn't own all of Brazil.
Dollyfroggy
+1
Level 57
Apr 11, 2023
I am surprised that the nations/empires beggining with Um... (43%) and H... (30%) are so commonly guessed, but T... is so low (8%).
Ramiro
+1
Level 46
Apr 18, 2023
Wow, I missed only the hunnic empire on the first try but then did 100%, surprised only 2.2% got 100%. Great quiz!
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