Alexander the great conquered a total amount of about 20 million square miles of land.
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The Roman Empire covered 6.5 million square kilometres (2.51 million square miles) and was the 17th largest empire in history. The Mughal Empire covered 5 million square kilometres (1.93 million square miles) and was the 26th largest empire in history.
Alexander the Great had an extensive empire, it stretched from Greece to the Middle East to Asia Minor. The extent of his actions and innovations was vast as well. Alexander the Great blended the cultures of all the different countries he conquered and created Hellenism which lasted until approximately 146 BCE, over a hundred years after Alexander's death.
The largest empire the world had ever known up to 1580 was the Mongol Empire (1206-1368) which covered an area of 12.74 million square miles. This empire is the second largest one in history after the British Empire (13.01 million square miles) The largest empire in 1580 was the Ming Empire of China (1368-1640) of the Ming dynasty of China which, with a surface of 2.51million square miles was as big as the Roman Empire had been. The second largest empire was the Ottoman Empire of the Ottoman dynasty of Turkey (1453-1922, 2.01 square miles). The third largest empire was Northern Yan Dynast of Mongolia (1.93 square miles). The fourth largest empire was the Safavid Empire of the Safavid dynasty of Persia (1501-1736, 1.35 million square miles).
According to travel writer Peter Sommer:"In 1994 Peter Sommer walked 2,000 miles across Turkey retracing the route of Alexander the Great, and in the process fell in love with the country, its ancient civilizations, and the Turkish people. For this epic journey he received The Explorers Club of America Young Expeditioners' award."For more information, see Related Links, below.-------The above may be true, but I know for a fact that he and his army travelled through some 360,000 squared miles (Limb, 215).Limb, Harold. Alexander of Macedon: THE JOURNEY TO THE WORLD'S END. Garden City: The Country Life Press, 1946. Print.
790,000 square miles ----------- There is a link to a map of the Ottoman Empire in 1566, when Suleiman the Magnificent died, below.