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Which empire was the biggest empire in the history?

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Which empire was the biggest empire in the history?
posted Nov 1, 2014 by anonymous

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Biggest can have many definition -
1. Based on the land size: British Empire was the largest empire in the history with the size of 33.7 mn sq km followed by Mongol empire and Russian empire.
2. Based on the Population: British Empire was the largest even in terms of population with the total population of 450mn in 1940 followed by the Qing dynasty and Russian Empire.
3. Based on the % of population: This could be the most accurate way of comparison, Achaemenid Empire was the largest empire which ruled 44% of world population at its peak followed by Maurya Empire which rules 43% of world (> 50% of world GDP) population at its peak at the time of Ashoka the great. If we consider the vessel states of Maurayan then it cross the 50% of world population of its time making it the largest.

answer Nov 23, 2014 by Salil Agrawal
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British Empire

answer Nov 22, 2014 by Bhavish D A
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