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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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Among his first goals is to “outspend” both of his primary competitors, Disney and Netflix—even as his media empire faces down a multibillion-dollar debt load and a cratering stock price.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

While Wall Street is divided on when Musk will actually push to combine the crown jewels of his empire, Nelson thinks there’s a 90% chance it happens by the end of next year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

He is also the face of a growing media empire, which is what a comedian must become to hold sway in the upper echelons of new media fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

US televangelist Jim Bakker, who built a multimillion-dollar media empire before being jailed for fraud and conspiracy, has died aged 86.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

And then realizes he’s soiled the magic carpet of the greatest empire in the world and says, “Oh!”

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

She knows little about the developments unfolding in the boardroom of the Tata group, one of India's oldest and most influential business empires that makes everything from salt to software.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

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

In 1976 Edward N. Luttwak, now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., published a short, provocative book about imperial Rome that distinguished between territorial and hegemonic empires.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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