The World’s Largest & Longest Empires

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A data-visualisation mapping major empires and dynasties across roughly four millennia. Their lifespans. Their golden ages. Their declines.

Icons at the end of each line shows the main reason each empire collapsed e.g. external conflict, economics or overstretch.

Taken from the book Knowledge is Beautiful by David McCandless

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Sources:

New World Encyclopedia, Britannica, Wikipedia

Credits:

Written, designed and developed by David McCandless

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