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The largest sea-based Empire in world history, reached it's peak in 1922.
British Empire
Founded by Cyrus the Great, this Empire controlled most of the ancient World and was defeated by Alexander the Great.
Persian Empire
A Medieval trading Empire south of the Sahara, based around the river Niger and was famously led by Mansa Musa who made it a hub of commerce and learning in the Islamic World.
Mali Empire
Founded by Dom Pedro, this Empire became the largest in South America for most of the 19th century.
Empire of Brazil
This imperial European Empire controlled territories in the Carribean, North Africa, Madagascar, and parts of Southeast Asia.
French Empire
The largest land-based Empire, founded by pastoralist nomads from the Steppe on horseback.
Mongol Empire
Thalassocratic Empire that extended it's hegemony across Oceania from Tongatapu in the 10th century.
Tu'i Tonga Empire
This Empire was expanded by a series of Muslim kings and general, who expanded the reach of this Empire across West Africa, making it the largest native-led African Empire to date.
Songhai Empire
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Centered around Baghdad where the Islamic Golden Age radiated from, this Islamic Empire streched from North Africa, covering the Arabian peninsula, and extending to Central Asia.
Abbasid Calphate
An imperial European Empire that once controlled the spice trade, controlling Suriname, parts of Africa and the Carribean, and Indoneisa.
Dutch Empire
Considered the first Empire in world history, founded by Sargon who led his army to conquer most of Mesopotamia.
Akkadian Empire
A large South Asian Empire operated by a bureaucracy centered at Pataliputra, reaching its height under Asoka the Great.
Mauryan Empire
This Empire (Dynasty) controlled most of China during the Gunpoweder Age. The emperor lived in the Forbidden Palace and oversaw a refurbishing of the Great Wall.
Ming Dynasty
This Medieval Javanese Empire streched it's control over the many islands of Indonesia. It's ruler practiced a syncretist-belief consisting of both Hinduism and Buddhism.
Majapahit Empire
This Empire (Dynasty) controlled most of the Korean peninsula from 1392 to1897 and it has left a significant cultural impact on the poeple of Korea today.