The 3 biggest empires in history are:
The British Empire, which extended from 1497 until 1997 and covered 35.5 million km2 (13.7 million sq mi), 24 per cent of the Earth's total land area
The Mongol Empire, which lasted from 1206 to 1368 from Eastern Europe across Asia (from the Danube in the west to the Sea of Japan in the east, and from the Arctic to Cambodia in the south)
The Russian Empire, which lasted from 1721 to 1917. , it covered about 22,800,000 square kilometres (8,800,000 sq mi)