07/07/2023
Top 5 empires during 3000 Bc - 500 Bc, by land size (in SQ. kilometres):
1. Persian Achaemenid Empire (550 BCE - 330 BCE): Estimated land area ranged from 5.5 million to 8 million square kilometers, spanning from Egypt to India and encompassing parts of modern-day Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, and Central Asia.
2. Maurya Empire (322 BCE - 185 BCE): Estimated land area was around 5 million square kilometers, covering most of the Indian subcontinent, including parts of present-day India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan.
3. Qin Dynasty (221 BCE - 206 BCE): Estimated land area was approximately 5 million square kilometers, consolidating various Chinese states into a unified empire, covering present-day China and parts of neighboring regions.
4 Kush*te Empire (circa 1070 BCE - 350 BCE): Estimated land area at its peak was around 2.9 million square kilometers, encompassing parts of modern-day Canaan, Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia.
5. Assyrian Empire (circa 934 BCE - 609 BCE): Estimated land area varied over time but reached approximately 1.76 million square kilometers at its peak, covering regions in the Near East, including present-day Iraq, Syria, Jordan, and parts of Iran and Turkey.
