100 Largest Empires in History

This video shows the 100 largest empires in History. Empires are defined as “any relatively large sovereign political entity whose components are not sovereign” Data is mostly based on: Rein Taagepera (1979). Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D. Social Science History. Vol. 3, No. 3/4 (1979), pp. 115-138 I updated Rein Taagepera‘s list because : -