Which King held the largest contiguous empire in world history?

Answer 1

Pepi II Nefekare, ruled for 94 years from 2284BC - 2184BC.
He was a pharaoh of Egypt, throned when he was six and dying at the age of 100. He took over the throne from his grandfather Pepi I and his death marked the decline in the Old Kingdom in Egypts history.

Answer 2

Queen Victoria of the British Empire presided over the largest empire the world had ever seen in the year 1900. Her reign was 64 years long. The British Empire ruled 1/3 of the world's landmass.

But the largest contiguous empire was that of the Mongols, the Yuan Empire, two generations after Genghis Khan.

Answer 3

The Mongol Empire was an empire from the 13th and 14th century spanning from Eastern Europe across Asia. It is the largest contiguous empire in the history of the world. It emerged from the unification of Mongol and Turkic tribes in modern day Mongolia, and grew through invasions, after Genghis Khan had been proclaimed ruler of all Mongols in 1206. At its greatest extent it stretched from the Danube to the Sea of Japan and from northern Siberia to Camboja, covering over 24,000,000 km2, 22% of the Earth's total land area, and held sway over a population of over 100 million people The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia, and the predecessor of the Soviet Union. It was the second largest contiguous empire in world history, surpassed only by the Mongol Empire, and the third largest empire behind the British Empire and the Mongol Empire. At one point in 1866, it stretched from eastern Europe, across Asia and into North America.

Answer 4

The Mongol Empire (Mongolian: Их Монгол Улс, meaning "Greater Mongol Nation"; 1206–1405) was the largest contiguous land empire in history, covering over 33 million km² [1] (12 million square miles) at its peak, with an estimated population of over 100 million people. It was also the second largest empire in history, after the British Empire. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in 1206, and at its height, it encompassed the majority of the territories from East Asia to Central Europe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire

Answer 5

Ghengis Khan's empire was larger than Alexander's, the Roman Empire and Hitler's conquests COMBINED!

Answer 6

the mongul empire was the largest at any 1 time from what i understand as alexander the greats empire had meny revolutions and he never owned all of it at 1 time unlike the monguls and g khan

Answer 7

Gengis Khan or Alexander the Great.
Different eras and different areas, but both were great at the conquering business.

Answer 8

Alexander the Great

Answer 9

Lets see, was it George Bush? I think it was but contiguous does mean, short lasting, right?

Answer 10

Alexander the great.This is correct if you count his victories but not his rule over them.