to the expansive British Empire, which dominated most of the world during the middle and the industrial ages, lets take a look at a some of the largest and the greatest empires in history.

Interested? Click through this gallery to see which empires boasted the biggest territories. You may also like: ...

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 ...

By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and society benefitted economically from the empire. The people colonised ...