Can you name the Largest Empires in million square miles (kilometers) of land held at a certain point in time? by MasterKGlas

Year / Max Land Area, mi. squared (km)	Empire
1922 / 13.01 mi (33.7 km)
~1270 / 09.27 mi (24.0 km)
1866 / 09.15 mi (23.7 km)
~1740 / 07.72 mi (20.0 km)
1790 / 05.68 mi (14.7 km)
1310 / 05.41 mi (14.0 km)
720 / 05.02 mi (13.0 km)
1938 / 05.02 mi (13.0 km)
750 / 04.29 mi (11.1 km)
1815 / 04.02 mi (10.4 km)
654 / 03.48 mi (09.0 km)
480 BC / 03.42 mi (08.75 km)
1880 / 03.28 mi (08.5 km)
1754 / 03.13 mi (08.1km)
1942 / 02.86 mi (07.4 km)
117 / 02.51 mi (06.5 km)
1450 / 02.51 mi (06.5 km)
100 / 02.51 mi (06.5 km)
1942 / 02.47 mi (06.4 km)
557 / 02.32 mi (06.0 km)
1310 / 02.32 mi (06.0 km)
800 / 02.12 mi (05.5 km)
1683 / 02.01 mi (05.2 km)
323 BC / 02.01 mi (05.2 km)
969 / 01.97 mi (05.1 km)
250 BC / 01.93 mi (05.0 km)
1550 / 01.93 mi (05.0 km)
1822 / 01.89 mi (04.9 km)

Year / Max Land Area, mi. squared (km)	Empire
10 / 01.82 mi (04.7 km)
800 / 01.78 mi (04.6 km)
1405 / 01.78 mi (04.6 km)
1690 / 01.78 mi (04.6 km)
689 / 01.62 mi (05.4 km)
176 BC / 01.56 mi (04.03 km)
630 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
624 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
405 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
1747 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
490 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
441 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
850 / 01.54 mi (04.0 km)
750 / 01.54 mi (04.0km)
1080 / 01.51 mi (03.9 km)
301 BC / 10.51 mi (03.9 km)
200 / 01.47 mi (03.8 km)
1940 / 01.47 mi (03.8 km)
1310 / 01.45 mi (03.75 km)
1940 / 01.43 mi (03.7 km)
1050 / 01.39 mi (03.6 km)
1218 / 10.39 mi (03.6km)
550 / 01.35 mi (3.5 km)
555 / 01.35 mi (03.5 km)
1510 / 01.35 mi (03.5 km)
300 / 01.35 mi (03.5 km)
1914 / 01.35 mi (03.5 km)

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Largest Empires throughout History Quiz

by MasterKGlas

Created Nov 29, 2011 in History
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	Ulkomaalainen:	Dec 2nd, 2011 at 17:22 GMT		1 point
	You accept quite a few with "Mongol" but not Timur's country?

	MasterKGlas:	Dec 3rd, 2011 at 18:02 GMT		1 point
	I didn't include them as Mongol because the Timurid dynasty doesn't directly link to the Mongols, they were from remnants of the Mongol army in Turkestan who bred with the local population, later they were subjects under the Mongols which means the Mongols didn't look as them as part of their historic lineage but as secondary citizens.

	ronny_jubber:	Dec 7th, 2011 at 23:05 GMT		1 point
	How are you defining an empire? The Empire of Brazil was surely just a sovereign state where the ruler wanted to call himself an Emperor to make himself feel better.

	MasterKGlas:	Dec 8th, 2011 at 06:28 GMT		1 point
	In the most simplistic way I would say the Empires included are traditional states who had historically been ruled by an Emperor/King/One Leader (note: historically) that expanded through conquests and held additional land territory claimed under their own Empire. The height of these various Empire holdings are the ones listed. As for Brazil, I considered them an Empire for a couple reasons. Mostly because the Brazilian territory in that era of history has been recorded as the "Empire of Brazil." I believe it can be classified as an Empire because they had a Leader (later called Emperor) who conqurered the various states that are now considered Brazil which had been left unorganized and not united after Napoleon's subugation of Portugal which had been the Foreign Nation keeping their control. The Emperor conquered the land, united them, and declared their independence. Then this "Emperor" had a son who ruled as Emperor after his father's death. I consider it an Empire, even if, a short-lived one from 1822-1889.

	ronny_jubber:	Dec 8th, 2011 at 20:13 GMT		1 point
	@MasterKGlas Off the top of my head & without referring back to my copy of the Penguin History Of Latin America, the King & government of Portugal shipped themselves off to Brazil when Napoleon was about to invade. The Portuguese empire was then ruled from Brazil (considered at the time to be as much Portugal as Portugal itself) for 15 or 20 years. The Portuguese empire was certainly not unorganised or disunited after Napoleon's invasion (with the exception of peninsular Portugal of course). After the King & government of Portugal returned to Lisbon the Prince Regent was left as viceroy of Brazil, still part of the Portuguese Empire. He decided that Brazil was much bigger, nicer and had more gold to mine than peninsular Portugal and declared independence. There was a war of independence, but there was no conquering or subjugation of states or additional territory as the borders of Brazil had been relatively settled for a while. There were further skirmishes with neighbouring countries to settle the finer points of the borders but Brazil lost some land, gained other bits of land from war, gained other parts from treaties, gained parts from settlements, gained parts by purchasing land from neighbouring countries. However, these were accepted as part of Brazil proper and never unincorporated territories. In fact, in this time frame, the USA gained far more land by similar means and had (& still has) territories, for example, at one point or another all states west of the Mississippi; Puerto Rico; the Philippines; Guam. If Brazil is counted as an Empire (& I strongly think it shouldn't be) then the USA should be (& I think it should be).

	MasterKGlas:	Dec 8th, 2011 at 21:09 GMT		1 point
	@ronny_jubber Portugal is on the list because it fits, as it historically had a King and held vast amounts of territories. You have no problem with Portugal. Brazil was the seat of the Portugal Empire when Napoleon invaded, you are correct, and the Prince Regent fled to Portugal during that time. However, after he departed, he left his son to rule to Brazilian colony, his son conquered the territory and expanded it into what is known as the Empire of Brazil. Therefore, as I explained earlier and from your logic, Brazil is historically rooted in an Empire that it deffered from, became an Empire in their own right and expanded their territory; so, they are on the list. It is the exact scenario of having the Byzantine Empire on the list, they began with a portion of land from their previous larger predecessor, the Roman Empire; however, after that they expanded and held vast holdings of the original Empire; so they are on the list. Lastly, the US has never been called an Empire because it has never had a sole ruler. I realize you can point to the UK and France who at the times were not technically ruled by a King but I'm sticking with the "historical empire" view so, if you don't like it then don't play it.

	ronny_jubber:	Dec 9th, 2011 at 17:15 GMT		1 point
	@MasterKGlas I do like it and I'm glad I played it. My only quibble is with your inclusion of Brazil because a) Dom Pedro didn't conquer the territory - he was Viceroy of the entire territory when he declared independence, & b) the territorial expansions of Brazil were limited and more like a "fine-tuning" of borders in sparsely inhabited, often unmapped areas than imperial land grabs.

	LevellingUp:	Dec 19th, 2012 at 12:50 GMT		1 point
	How about Hsiung-Nu as an alternate spelling for Xiongnu? That's how it's spelled in the classic Avalon Hill game History of the World.