Largest Empires in History
Largest Empires In History is a structured history dataset with 173 entries. Its fields include Name, Empire, Maximum land area. The source values are preserved as a structured reference table.
The page shows a 40-row preview for fast browsing. The complete dataset is available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- 40-row preview of 173
- Fields
- 2 columns
- Source
- Wikipedia
- Data updated
- Feb 22, 2026
Included fields: Name, Empire, Maximum land area.
Sorting and filtering apply to the 40 loaded preview rows. CSV, JSON, and Excel downloads contain all 173 records.
Preview observations
- Maximum land area range
- 3.6 to 35.5
- Across 40 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Name, Empire, and Maximum land area across history entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 173 downloadable records
Name↕ | Empire↕ | Maximum land area↕ |
|---|---|---|
British Empire | British Empire | 35.5 |
Mongol Empire | Mongol Empire | 24 |
Russian Empire | Russian Empire | 22.8 |
Qing dynasty | Qing dynasty | 14.7 |
Spanish Empire | Spanish Empire | 13.7 |
Second French colonial empire | Second French colonial empire | 11.5 |
Abbasid Caliphate | Abbasid Caliphate | 11.1 |
Umayyad Caliphate | Umayyad Caliphate | 11.1 |
Yuan dynasty | Yuan dynasty | 11 |
United States | United States | 9.5 |
Xiongnu Empire | Xiongnu Empire | 9 |
Empire of Brazil | Empire of Brazil | 8.34 |
Empire of Japan | Empire of Japan | 7.96 |
Eastern Han dynasty | Eastern Han dynasty | 6.5 |
Ming dynasty | Ming dynasty | 6.5 |
Rashidun Caliphate | Rashidun Caliphate | 6.4 |
First Turkic Khaganate | First Turkic Khaganate | 6 |
Golden Horde Khanate | Golden Horde Khanate | 6 |
Western Han dynasty | Western Han dynasty | 6 |
Achaemenid Empire | Achaemenid Empire | 5.5 |
Second Portuguese Empire | Second Portuguese Empire | 5.5 |
Tang dynasty | Tang dynasty | 5.4 |
Macedonian Empire | Macedonian Empire | 5.2 |
Ottoman Empire | Ottoman Empire | 5.2 |
Northern Yuan dynasty | Northern Yuan dynasty | 5 |
Roman Empire | Roman Empire | 5 |
Xin dynasty | Xin dynasty | 4.7 |
Tibetan Empire | Tibetan Empire | 4.6 |
Xianbei state | Xianbei state | 4.5 |
First Mexican Empire | First Mexican Empire | 4.43 |
Timurid Empire | Timurid Empire | 4.4 |
Fatimid Caliphate | Fatimid Caliphate | 4.1 |
Eastern Turkic Khaganate | Eastern Turkic Khaganate | 4 |
Hunnic Empire | Hunnic Empire | 4 |
Mughal Empire | Mughal Empire | 4 |
Great Seljuq Empire | Great Seljuq Empire | 3.9 |
Seleucid Empire | Seleucid Empire | 3.9 |
Italian Empire | Italian Empire | 3.8 |
Ilkhanate | Ilkhanate | 3.75 |
Dzungar Khanate | Dzungar Khanate | 3.6 |
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The complete dataset contains 173 entries. This page loads the first 40 rows as a fast preview, so on-page sorting and filtering apply to that preview. Downloads contain all 173 rows.
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