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Largest Empires in History: Top 20

Guess each empire, with a few pieces of information to help.
Based on: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_empires and primarily Wikipedia pages about each empire.
The dates, in some cases, may not be exact, since its not always entirely clear when an empire was founded or when it ended.
Sizes are based on each empire's greatest extent, and in some cases two or more empires have been combined as one due to their similarity.
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Last updated: November 3, 2020
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Duration
Size (sq mi)
Location
Empire
(1497) 1583 to 20th century
13,700,000
Worldwide
British Empire
1206 to 1368
9,270,000
Eurasia
Mongol Empire
1721 to 1917
8,800,000
Eurasia and North America
Russian Empire
1492 to 1976
5,290,000
Worldwide
Spanish Empire
1636 to 1912
5,100,000
Asia
Qing dynasty
1534 to 1980
4,400,000
Worldwide
French Colonial Empire
750 to 1258, 1261 to 1517
4,290,000
Africa, Asia and Europe
Abbasid Caliphate
661 to 750
4,290,000
Africa, Asia and Europe
Umayyad Caliphate
1271 to 1368
4,250,000
Asia
Yuan dynasty
618 to 690, 705 to 907
4,150,000
Asia
Tang dynasty
209 BC to 53 BC
3,470,000
Asia
Xiongnu Empire
1868 to 1947
3,285,000
Asia and Oceania
Empire of Japan
1822 to 1889
3,219,018
South America
Empire of Brazil
1580 to 1640
2,740,000
Worldwide
Iberian Union
202 BC to 9 AD, 25 AD to 220 AD
2,500,000
Asia
Han dynasty
1368 to 1644
2,500,000
Asia
Ming dynasty
632 to 661
2,500,000
Africa and Asia
Rashidun Caliphate
552 to 659
2,300,000
Eurasia
Göktürk Khaganate
1242 to 1502
2,300,000
Eurasia
Golden Horde Khaganate
550 BC to 330 BC
2,100,000
Eurasia
Achaemenid Empire
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2 Comments
CardinalSin
+1
Level 78
Apr 23, 2020
Roman empire?
MaxStickies
+1
Level 79
Oct 13, 2020
It covered an area of 1,900,000 square miles at its greatest extent, so slightly too small for the top 20.
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