Random Most Powerful and Influential Global Empires in History (32 items)

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  (#1) Roman Empire

  • Europe, Northern Hemisphere

  The bastion of the ancient world. All roads led there.
  
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  (#2) British Empire

  Highest population of any empire in history, over 550 million.
  
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  (#3) Ottoman Empire

  • Near East

  Ruled Southeast Europe and Western Asia for centuries.
  
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  (#4) Mongol Empire

  • Central Asia

  Largest contiguous land empire in history.
  
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  (#5) Spanish Empire

  Dominated Europe for over three centuries.
  
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  (#6) Abbasid Caliphate

  • Middle East

  Controlled 20% of the world's population at its height.
  
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  (#7) Golden Horde

  Mongol successor state that controlled much of Eastern Europe.
  
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  (#8) Holy Roman Empire

  • Europe

  Controlled most of central Europe for 900 years.
  
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  (#9) German Empire

  • Europe

  Controlled large parts of Europe from 1870 until the end of World War I
  
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  (#10) Umayyad Caliphate

  Had over 29% of the entire world's population in the 7th century.
  
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  (#11) Macedonian Empire

  The dominanate state of ancient Greece.
  
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  (#12) French colonial empire

  Second largest Empire in the 19th century.
  
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  (#13) Byzantine Empire

  • Southern Europe

  The western part of the Roman Empire. Ruled for over 1,100 years.
  
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  (#14) Rashidun Caliphate

  • Middle East

  Second largest land empire before the 7th century CE.
  
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  (#15) Achaemenid Empire

  First centralized empire with postal and highway systems.
  
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  (#16) Hunnic Empire

  Tribal confederation founded by Attila the Hun.
  
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  (#17) Empire of Japan

  • Southeast Asia

  Conquered most of Asia during World War II.
  
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  (#18) New Kingdom of Egypt

  Ancient Egypt's most prosperous empire - three dynasties over five centuries.
  
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  (#19) Russian Empire

  Had more land than any except the British and Mongolian.
  
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  (#20) Tang dynasty

  Ruled China from 1644 through 1912.
  
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  (#21) Mughal Empire

  Persian empire that ruled over India from the 1500s until 1857.
  
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  (#22) Portuguese Empire

  Vast maritime and colonial empire.
  
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  (#23) Austro-Hungarian Empire

  Unified states of Austria and Hungary. Disolved after World War 1.
  
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  (#24) Ming Dynasty

  Ruled China for over 300 years.
  
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  (#25) Akkadian Empire

  • Baghdad Governorate, Iraq

  Likely the first empire in recorded history.
  
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  (#26) Aztec Empire

  United the city-states of Central Mexico for nearly 100 years.
  
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  (#27) Yuan Dynasty

  Established by Kublai Khan and unified China in 1271.
  
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  (#28) Gupta Empire

  Ancient empire that marked the Golden Age of India.
  
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  (#29) Fatimid Caliphate

  Ruled the Levant for over 250 years.
  
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  (#30) Kushan Empire

  Had almost 20% of the world's population under it in the 2nd century.
  
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  (#31) First Mexican Empire

  Lasted only three years, but was the only post-Spanish colonial monarchy.
  
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  (#32) Pala Empire

  Controlled India and Pakistan from the 8th to 12th century.
  

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