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Africa and the Middle East. In 286 AD, it was effectively split into a western empire, ruled from Rome and an eastern Byzantine Empire, ruled from Constantinople...

The British Empire was, at its peak, the largest empire in history; it controlled just short of a quarter of the world's land area and a quarter of the...

The Holy Land Latin: Terra Sancta, Arabic: الأرض المقدسة al-Arḍ ul-Muqaddasah;) or Holy Lands (plural) is a generic term that usually refers to one or...

the great empires of the Old World, from the 14th to the early 20th century. At the height of its power, it controlled most of the Middle East, the Balkans...

century, becoming the largest contiguous land empire ever, and second only to the British Empire in total land area. While known by most for their seemingly-wanton...

to east. It also had a few concessions in China. Throughout world history, only the Mongol Empire and the British Empire have possessed a larger land area...

The Portuguese Empire (O Império Português) was, or is, one of the longest-lived colonial empires. During the reconquest of the Iberian peninsula, the...

empire (Het Nederlandse Koloniale Rijk) is a historical empire, which is still partially in existence. After the independence from the Spanish Empire...

Central Asia was part of the Persian Empire. Afghanistan is also considered by some to be part of the Middle East due to its close cultural ties with Iran...

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The Inland Empire of Southern California is a semi-arid region, east of Los Angeles, made up of scores of cities and towns. The boundaries are often a...

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Austro-Hungarian Empire British Empire Danish Empire Dutch Empire French Colonial Empire Italian Empire Japanese colonial empire Portuguese Empire Russian Empire Spanish...

ancient Japan, and the Mongol Empire, and is today home to 1.6 billion people. Sometimes described by the Eurocentric term Far East, the region contains world...

the East African islands were Bantu from the African mainland, and the Gulf Arabs who from the 10th century established a great oceanic trading empire, dealing...

has thrived as part of the Persian Empire, Hellenistic Empire, the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, and present-day Egypt. While Egypt...

Empire, pre-modern Korea, pre-modern Japan, the Khmer Empire Colonial empires: British Empire, Russian Empire, Japanese colonial empire, Dutch Empire...

Queen is based on her.  British Empire — the empire on which "the sun never set", due to its great extent French Empire — French colonies from the early...

Europe or Asia. Often known as the "Land of Fire", Azerbaijan was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Persian Empire in the late 19th century. There are...

11th century CE) in Central Asia, the northernmost province of the Persian Empire and of the kingdom Alexander the Great established in the region after conquering...