Read on to discover the lives and legacies of history's 12 largest empires... In the early 19th century, Japan was a feudal society ruled by the Tokugawa Shogunate, which enforced a closed borders ...

The Empire of Japan was one of the largest maritime empires in history, spanning 2.86 million square miles at its peak in 1942 before surrendering to the Allies on September 2, 1945. The ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

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In September 1715, John Erskine, Earl of Mar, raised the standard for a 'Jacobite' rising, intended to restore the exiled Stuart monarchy to the throne, and proclaimed James Francis Edward Stuart ...

India's history is like a great tapestry woven ... Chandragupta Maurya was the founder of the Maurya Empire, one of the largest empires in ancient India. He united most of the Indian subcontinent ...

And although in Mexico there is a form of government of the Republic, other forms of government have also arisen, for example, the Empire. And it is that throughout the country's history as an ...

For as long as humans have lived in settled communities, some groups have sought to assert dominance over others, and through history the biggest empires grew to cover millions of square miles. But ...