The 6 Most Powerful Countries Throughout History
Throughout history, some countries covered one-fifth of the world. At the same time, those countries ruled over hundreds of millions of people. Some lasted longer than a thousand years. At some point in their existence, they all seemed invincible, but in the end, they fell apart. The era of great empires ended with the World World War when world powers replaced colonization and conquest with geopolitical and economic influence. British Empire Britain was the largest country in history and the …