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title: "6 largest empires in human history"  
description: "British Empire: At its height, it was the largest empire in history, spanning over 13 million square miles and ruling over a quarter of the world’s population."  
author: "Baishakhi Ghosh"  
published: 2024-05-23  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4338/6-largest-empires-in-human-history  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Largest empires in human history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 6 largest empires in human history

![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/eff314c4-0056-412f-864b-ab390d9e14ef.jpeg) 6 largest empires in human history ![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/da690a0b-634e-4b4f-9eda-17c472d3fdec.jpeg) Mongol Empire: The largest contiguous land empire, covering 12 million square miles across Asia and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. ![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/198dddc2-965d-44f1-9079-a926547531bb.jpeg) Russian Empire: Stretched across three continents, reaching over 8.8 million square miles before its collapse in 1917. ![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/19cde620-22c7-4ab6-98c3-c0b0a841efec.jpeg) Spanish Empire: The Spanish Empire was one of the first global empires, peaking at 7.5 million square miles. ![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/46ba54fe-20a6-4383-a007-5ccf18da23b7.jpeg) Qing Dynasty: The last imperial dynasty of China, at its peak covering 5.7 million square miles. ![6 largest empires in human history](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/bba3a272-b499-46a4-8a6e-af1c15dde76f/images/122ae5ab-be85-4f45-b820-468284fa4920.jpeg) Umayyad Caliphate: The Umayyad Caliphate rapidly expanded in the 7th and 8th centuries, covering 5 million square miles.

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