According to Guinness World Records, which seems as good an authority as any, the answer is the Achaemenid Empire in 480 B.C. Also known as the Persian Empire, it's estimated that 44% of the world ...

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The Persian Empire was the largest empire in history, lasting from 559 BC to 331 BC. The dynasty, which spanned the areas of modern-day Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan, ...

The largest country in the world today is Russia, with about 11% of the global landmass. It was far exceeded by the British Empire, which at its height controlled about a fourth of the world’s ...

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The Persian Empire. The Persian empire, also known as the Achaemenid Empire, was created under ancient Persian emperor Cyrus the Great. In its heyday, the Persian empire stretched from modern-day ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history.

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the world at that time. Over a 10-year period, ...