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What was the largest empire in history by land mass?

empire

[em-pahyuhr, om-peer] / ˈɛm paɪər, ɒmˈpɪər /


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Discovery will be called Skydance — the moniker he picked nearly two decades ago when the tech scion began building his Hollywood empire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some analysts and investors expect Musk to merge Tesla with SpaceX, further consolidating his empire after taking the rocket company public in June in the largest IPO of all time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In the first phase of its probe, the regulator looked into several loans granted to collapsed Austrian real estate empire Signa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Walter’s insurance empire is now facing a federal investigation after Delaware Life and another insurer reclassified about $20 billion of investments as affiliated transactions, meaning they had ties to the companies’ owner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

If it had not been for the epidemic, the Spaniards would have faced a united empire.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

You’re both from the Midwest, you both dropped out of college, and you both have built these political media empires.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

For the Ga Mantse, admitting fault does not dilute the guilt of European empires; rather, it solidifies Africa's moral standing and sets an example as to how to move forward.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Paramount Skydance plans to redevelop its historic Hollywood studio as it consolidates the vast Warner Bros. and Paramount real estate empires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Europe, unlike the U.S., was long a land of emigration not immigration, sending millions of its sons and daughters to the Americas and overseas empires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

When the Agricultural Revolution opened opportunities for the creation of crowded cities and mighty empires, people invented stories about great gods, motherlands and joint stock companies to provide the needed social links.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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