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Detailed explanation-1: -At its peak, it covered some 9 million square miles (23 million square km) of territory, making it the largest contiguous land empire in world history.

Detailed explanation-2: -The British Empire may not have been contiguous, but it beats the Mongols in terms of land mass under its control.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Mongol Empire (1206-1368) was founded by Genghis Khan (r. 1206-1227), first Great Khan or ‘universal ruler’ of the Mongol peoples. Genghis forged the empire by uniting nomadic tribes of the Asian steppe and creating a devastatingly effective army with fast, light, and highly coordinated cavalry.