Top 10 Biggest Empires In History Of the world 

According to, Estonian political scientist Rein Taagepera, an empire as "any relatively large autonomous political entity whose components are not sovereign" and its size as the area over which the empire has some undisputed military and taxation preferences and must be politically directed by either a monarch, an emperor. Through the course of history, we've watched that, empires have risen and crumbled throughout history.

Throughout history much of the world has been ruled by empires which were vast in area, population, economy, and power. The land area of the Earth, excluding the continent of Antarctica, is 134,740,000 km². Almost since the beginning of human history, there have been empires that have governed these vast amounts of territory. Some of these empires managed to seize control of territory that stretched two or more continents. We ranked them by the landmass they controlled at their height. 

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10. Xiongnu Empire :-

According to, Estonian political scientist Rein Taagepera, an empire as "any relatively large autonomous political entity whose components are not sovereign" and its size as the area over which the empire has some undisputed military and taxation preferences and must be politically directed by either a monarch, an emperor. Through the course of history, we've watched that, empires have risen and crumbled throughout history.

Throughout history much of the world has been ruled by empires which were vast in area, population, economy, and power. The land area of the Earth, excluding the continent of Antarctica, is 134,740,000 km². Almost since the beginning of human history, there have been empires that have governed these vast amounts of territory. Some of these empires managed to seize control of territory that stretched two or more continents. We ranked them by the landmass they controlled at their height.

Xiongnu were a tribal confederation of nomadic peoples. They occupied the eastern Eurasian Steppe from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. Xiongnu Empire was founded by Modu Chanyu, the supreme leader after 209 BC. The Xiongnu were perceived as the most prominent of the nomads bordering the Chinese Han empire.
The Xiongnu became a prominent power on the steppes of East Asia, centred on an area recalled later as Mongolia. The Xiongnu were also functional in areas now part of Siberia, Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. 

9. Yuan dynasty :-

The Yuan dynasty was a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division and a ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan, leader of the Mongol Borjigin clan, lasting from 1271 to 1368. This dynasty came after the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty. His realm was, separated from the other Mongol khanates and governed most of modern-day China and its encompassing areas, including modern Mongolia. It was the first non-Han dynasty to control all of China proper and remained until 1368 when the Ming dynasty won against the Yuan forces.

8. Umayyad Caliphate :-

The Umayyad Caliphate was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was governed by the Umayyad dynasty. The third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, Uthman ibn Affan, was also a member of the Umayyad clan. The Umayyad era is frequently deemed as the formative period in Islamic art. At its enormous extent, the Umayyad Caliphate covered 11,100,000 km², making it one of the largest empires in history in terms of area.

7. Abbasid Caliphate :-

The Abbasid Caliphate was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib. They ruled as caliphs for most of the caliphate from their capital in Baghdad. In 762 the caliph Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad, near the ancient Sasanian capital city of Ctesiphon. Baghdad became a center of science, culture, philosophy and invention in what became known as the Golden Age of Islam.

6. Second French colonial empire :-

The French Colonial Empire comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. "First French Colonial Empire," that stood until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold, and the "Second French Colonial Empire", which started with the victory of Algiers in 1830. At its height, the Second French colonial empire was one of the largest empires in history. Including metropolitan France, the total amount of land under French autonomy reached 11,500,000 km² in 1920.

5. Spanish Empire :-

The Spanish Empire was a colonial empire governed by Spain and its predecessor states between 1492 and 1976. One of the largest empires in history, along with the Portuguese, the first to lead the European Age of Discovery and attain a global scale, controlling vast parts of the Americas, the archipelago of Philippines, various islands in the Pacific and territories in Western Europe and Africa. It was one of the world's most powerful empires of the Early modern period, becoming known as "the empire on which the sun never sets", and achieved its maximum extent in the 18th century.

4. Qing dynasty :-

The Qing dynasty was the last dynasty in the imperial history of China. It was established in 1636, and ruled China from 1644 to 1912. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The multiethnic Qing empire continued for almost three centuries and expanded the territorial base for modern China. It was the largest Chinese dynasty and in 1790 the fourth largest empire in world history in terms of territory. With a population of 432 million in 1912, it was the world's most populous country at the time.

3. Russian Empire :-

The Russian Empire was a empire that extended across Eurasia and North America from 1721, following the end of the Great Northern War, until the Republic was declared by the Provisional Government that seized power after the February Revolution of 1917. The third-largest empire in history, at one point extension over three continents—Europe, Asia, and North America—the Russian Empire was surpassed in size only by the British and Mongol empires. The rise of the Russian Empire occurred simultaneously with the decline of neighboring equivalent powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It expanded to the west and south, becoming one of the most powerful European empires of the time. At the beginning of the 19th century, the empire expanded from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea in the south, from the Baltic Sea on the west into Alaska and Northern California, in America, on the east.

2. Mongol Empire :-

The Mongol Empire of the 13th and 14th centuries was the largest contiguous land empire in history and the second largest empire by landmass, second only to the British Empire. The Mongol Empire arose from the unification of several nomadic tribes in the Mongol homeland under the leadership of Genghis Khan, whom a council proclaimed as the ruler of all Mongols in 1206. The empire thrived rapidly under his rule and that of his descendants, who dispatched invading armies in every direction. The vast transcontinental empire connected the East with the West, and the Pacific to the Mediterranean. The Mongol Empire at its height stretched from the Sea of Japan to parts of Eastern Europe, expanding northward into parts of the Arctic; eastward and southward into the Indian subcontinent, Mainland Southeast Asia and the Iranian Plateau; and westward as far as the Levant and the Carpathian Mountains.

1. British Empire :-

The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by England between the late 16th and early 18th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1913 the British Empire held sway over 412 million people, 23 per cent of the world population at the time, and by 1920 it covered 35,500,000 km², 24 percent of the Earth's total land area. Its constitutional, legal, linguistic, and cultural legacy is broad. At the peak of its power, it was described as "the empire on which the sun never sets", as the sun was always shining on at least one of its territories. Britain became the dominant power in the Indian subcontinent after the East India Company's conquest of Mughal Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757.