Big, Bigger, Biggest - Empires

We will see something today about the Biggest Empire which is or was the biggest at its peak. An empire is called so when a particular sovereign state extends itself over other external territories. The criterion in this fact used to select the Biggest Ever Empire is 'The Landmass of the Particular Empire at their Greatest Extent'. So, the empire that meets this criterion i.e the Biggest Empire was the British Empire (At its peak, for the British Empire still exists today). Let us see something about the British Empire:

At its height, the British Empire was the Largest Empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost Global Power. By 1922, the British Empire had the population of about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at that time, and covered more than 13,000,000 square miles (33,670,000 sq.km) approximately a quarter of the Earth's total land area. Because of the British Empire's territories around the globe, it was often said that 'The sun never sets on the British Empire.' The time period between 1815-1914 is referred to as Britain's 'Imperial Century' by some historians. The process of decolonisation of the British Empire had shortly begun after the Second World War. Though shortened, the British Empire still exists today, with the United Kingdom retaining sovereignty under 14 territories outside the British Isles, together known as The British Overseas Territories and shares the Head of State with 16 other Commonwealth States, together known as Commonwealth Realm.

More 'Big' coming up tomorrow....