Largest Countries in Every Year

Can you list the country which was the largest in the world for each year from 3000 BCE to 2022 CE? Size is color coded on a red-green gradient from 0-23,000,000 km^2. Countries are color coded by continent/subcontinent.

Black=Africa, Purple=Central/North Asia, Yellow=East Asia, Pink=South Asia, Brown=West Asia, Blue=Europe

Sources: Wikipedia, Youtube, geacron.com

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Max Size (km^2)	Year	Answer
217,514	-3000--2500	Egypt
531,616	-2500--1556	Indus River Valley Civilization
1,031,694	-1556--1046	Shang
1,031,694	-1046--900	Zhou
2,414,228	-900--550	Indo-Aryan Civilization
5,557,084	-550--329	Achaemenid
5,381,502	-329--323	Macedonia
5,244,900	-323--301	Diadochi
3,476,365	-301--297	Seleucid
3,939,396	-297--199	Maurya
4,007,109	-199--108	Xiongnu
4,672,303	-108-9	Han
4,672,303	9-19	Xin
4,394,561	19-51	Xiongnu
4,757,792	51-103	Han
4,780,762	103-251	Roman Empire
5,137,407	251-573	Sassanid
5,202,783	573-583	Göktürks
5,493,945	583-631	Sassanid
7,956,957	631-671	Tang
9,648,897	671-750	Umayyad
9,589,767	750-876	Abbasid
3,092,701	876-907	Tang
2,953,377	907-910	Abbasid
2,747,551	910-937	Samanid
2,621,549	937-978	Liao / Khitan

Max Size (km^2)	Year	Answer
2,898,271	978-1071	Song
4,593,613	1071-1096	Seljuk
2,847,498	1096-1127	Song
2,787,625	1127-1146	Almoravid
2,201,544	1146-1203	Jin
2,448,518	1203-1207	Ghurid
2,211,732	1207	Mongol
2,989,347	1207-1213	Khwarazm
22,162,740	1213-1271	Mongol
10,426,181	1271-1371	Yuan
3,811,590	1371-1381	Ming
4,599,662	1381-1393	Golden Horde
5,408,908	1393-1411	Timurid
5,134,505	1411-1540	Ming
7,096,157	1540-1580	Spain
8,811,989	1580-1639	Iberian Union
15,774,027	1639-1763	Russia
18,081,493	1763-1798	Spain
21,048,358	1798-1829	Russia
23,170,748	1829-1870	United Kingdom
22,535,579	1870-1899	Russia
22,880,324	1899-1901	United Kingdom
22,535,579	1901-1922	Russia
22,355,264	1922-1991	Soviet Union
16,947,460	1991-	Russia

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