Statistics for Famous Empires in History

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Description	Empire	% Correct
Italian empire that, at one point, controlled the entire Mediterranean	Roman	97%
Short-lived empire of Hitler	Nazi	95%
Turkish empire that conquered the above	Ottoman	94%
Huge land empire started by Genghis Khan	Mongol	92%
Empire ruled by the tsars	Russian	91%
Empire ruled by the pharaohs	Egyptian	90%
The sun never set on this naval empire	British	89%
Mexican empire conquered by Cortés	Aztec	86%
Empire that took over the previous two	Spanish	84%
Andean empire conquered by Pizarro	Inca	81%
Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great, that controlled all of modern-day Iran, Iraq, and Turkey	Achaemenid (Persian)	79%
Empire, based in Vienna, that succeeded the above	Austrian	76%
Empire, based in Constantinople, that succeeded the above	Byzantine	75%
Empire that controlled Brazil, Macau, etc ...	Portuguese	75%
Short-lived empire of Alexander that conquered the above	Macedonian	65%
Loosely-knit Germanic empire ruled at times by the Habsburgs	Holy Roman	60%
Mesopotamian empire that carried away the Jews	Neo-Babylonian	48%
Empire, based in Timbuktu, known for its wealth in gold	Mali	47%
Empire led by Akbar with its capital in Agra, India	Mughal	40%
Empire that dominated the Middle East until being succeeded by the above	Neo-Assyrian	34%