• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    8 days ago

    Aren’t they one of only two empires that was formed into a narrow line north to south? I’m not saying they aren’t impressive, just that they were only competing with Egypt there.

    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      8 days ago

      I did this in True Size Of:

      I didn’t include a few northern regions for New Kingdom Egypt, because they were a pain to move with my phone, but I also included all of Egypt which covers a lot of desertic area that probably wasn’t under any strong state control.

      Couldn’t find La Paz in Bolivia with the website.

      But it should give a pretty good idea.

      EDIT:

      Ok even better:

      • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        8 days ago

        That is impressive and I’ll admit I forgot about Japan and Vietnam in my “weirdly vertical countries” list. But still yeah it’s not even close in any count.