Asian_Geographic_Issue_4_2017

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Umayyad
Caliphate


  • Famous Ruler:
    Abd al-Malik

  • 62 million people

  • 15,000,000 square
    kilometres

  • Political Peak: 690


Russian EmpiRE



  • Famous Ruler:
    Peter the Great

  • 176 million people

  • 22,800,000 square
    kilometres

  • Political Peak: 1866


AchAemenid
empire (First
persiAn empire)


  • Famous Ruler:
    Xerxes I

  • 50 million people

  • 8,500,000 square
    kilometres

  • Political Peak:
    480BCE


Mongol EMpirE



  • Famous Ruler:
    Genghis Khan

  • 110 million people

  • 33,000,000 square
    kilometres

  • Political Peak: 1279


Ancient
egyptiAn empire



  • Famous Ruler:
    Cleopatra

  • 1–2 million people

  • 1,000,000 square
    kilometres

  • Political Peak:
    1250BCE


3100BCE–30BCE 550BCE–330CE 661–750 1206–1368 1721–


For more details on the respective territories controlled by
each empire, visit http://www.asiangeo.com/heritage/empires
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