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It was also the largest empire by continuous latitude coverage
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.
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:
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.