This is a navigational list of empires.
Empires and dynasties
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Empire | Start year | End year | Duration (years) |
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Abbasid Caliphate | 750 | 1517 | 767 |
Aceh Sultanate | 1496 | 1903 | 407 |
Achaemenid Empire | 550 BC | 330 BC | 220 |
Afsharid Iran | 1736 | 1796 | 60 |
Aghlabids | 800 | 909 | 109 |
Ajuran Sultanate | 1312 | 1786 | 474 |
Akkadian Empire | 2334 BC | 2154 BC | 180 |
Aksumite Empire | 150 BC | 960 | 1110 |
Akwamu | 1629 | 1867 | 238 |
Alaouite Dynasty | 1631 | Present | 392 |
Almohad Caliphate | 1130 | 1269 | 139 |
Almoravid Dynasty | 1050 | 1147 | 97 |
Angevin Empire | 1154 | 1242 | 88 |
Aq Qoyunlu | 1378 | 1503 | 125 |
Armenian Empire | 331 BC | 428 | 618 |
Ashanti Empire | 1670 | 1896 | 226 |
Assyria | 2025 BC | 609 BC | 1416 |
Aulikara Empire | 528 | 550 | 22 |
Austria-Hungary | 1867 | 1918 | 51 |
Austrian Empire | 1526 | 1867 | 341 |
Avar Khaganate | 567 | 822 | 256 |
Ayutthaya Kingdom | 1351 | 1767 | 416 |
Ayyubid Dynasty | 1171 | 1250 | 79 |
Aztec Empire | 1325 | 1521 | 196 |
Babylonia | 1894 BC[1][2] | 1595 BC | 299 |
Neo-Babylonian Empire | 626 BC | 539 BC | 87 |
Balhae | 698 | 926 | 228 |
Sultanate of Banjar | 1520 | 1905 | 385 |
Bamana Empire | 1712 | 1861 | 149 |
Belgian colonial empire | 1908 | 1962 | 55 |
Bengal Sultanate | 1352 | 1576 | 209 |
Benin Empire | 1440 | 1897 | 457 |
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State | 1911 | 1924 | 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921) |
Bornu Empire | 1387 | 1893 | 506 |
Empire of Brazil | 1822 | 1889 | 67 |
Britannic Empire | 286 | 296 | 10 |
British Empire | 1583 | 1997 | 414 |
Bruneian Empire | 1408 | 1888 | 480 |
Bukhara Empire | 1506 | 1785 | 279 |
Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria) | 632 | 668 | 36 |
Bulgarian Empire (first) | 681 | 1018 | 337 |
Bulgarian Empire (second) | 1185 | 1396 | 211 |
Burgundian State | 1384 | 1482 | 98 |
Buyid Dynasty | 934 | 1062 | 128 |
Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire | 395 | 1453 | 1058 |
Calakmul | 484 | 909 | 425 |
Caliphate of Córdoba | 929 | 1031 | 102 |
Cao Wei | 220 | 265 | 45 |
Carthaginian Empire | 814 BC | 146 BC | 668 |
Central African Empire | 1976 | 1979 | 3 |
Chagatai Khanate | 1225 | 1687 | 462 |
Chalukya Dynasty | 543 | 753 | 210 |
Chauhan Dynasty | 551 | 1194 | 643 |
Chenla | 550 | 802 | 252 |
Chera Dynasty | 200 BC | 1100 | 1300 |
Chimor | 900 | 1470 | 570 |
Chola Empire | 848 | 1279 | 431 |
Classical Athens | 508 BC | 322 BC | 180 |
Comanche Empire (debated) | 1750 | 1850 | 100 |
Commonwealth of England | 1649 | 1660 | 11 |
Congo Free State | 1885 | 1908 | 23 |
Crimean Khanate | 1441 | 1783 | 342 |
Crown of Aragon | 1162 | 1716 | 554 |
Dacian Empire | 168 BC | 106 | 274 |
Kingdom of Dagbon | 1200 | 1896 | 696 |
Danish colonial empire | 1536 | 1953 | 417 |
Delhi Sultanate | 1206 | 1526 | 320 |
Pallava Empire | 275 | 897 | 622 |
Demak Sultanate | 1475 | 1568 | 93 |
Durrani Empire | 1747 | 1823 | 76 |
Dutch colonial empire | 1568 | 1975 | 407 |
Dzungar Khanate | 1634 | 1758 | 124 |
Eastern Chalukya Empire | 624 | 1189 | 565 |
Eastern Ganga Dynasty | 493 | 1947 | 1454 |
Kingdom of England | 927 | 1707 | 780 |
Old Kingdom of Egypt | 2686 BC | 2181 BC | 508[3] |
Middle Kingdom of Egypt | 2055 BC | 1650 BC | 405 |
New Kingdom of Egypt | 1550 BC | 1077 BC | 473 |
Elamite Empire | 1210 BC | 1100 BC | 110 |
Principality of Elba | 1814 | 1815 | 0 (11 Months) |
Ethiopian Empire | 1270 | 1974 | 704 |
Fatimid Caliphate | 909 | 1171 | 262 |
First French Empire | 1804 | 1815 | 11 |
Second French Empire | 1852 | 1870 | 18 |
French colonial empire | 1534 | 1980/Present | 446/489 |
Frankish Empire | 481 | 843 | 362 |
Funan | 50 | 550 | 500 |
Gallic Empire | 260 | 274 | 14 |
Gaza Empire | 1824 | 1895 | 71 |
Genoese Republic | 1096 | 1797 | 698 |
German colonial empire | 1884 | 1920 | 36 |
German Empire | 1848 | 1849 | 1 |
German Empire | 1871 | 1918 | 47 |
Ghana Empire | 100/300 (Debated) | 1240 | 1140/940 (Debated) |
Ghaznavid Empire | 977 | 1186 | 209 |
Ghurid Dynasty | 1148 | 1215 | 67 |
Goguryeo | 37 BC | 668 | 705 |
Goryeo | 918 | 1392 | 474 |
Gorkha Empire | 1600 | 1850 | 250 |
Göktürk Khaganate | 551 | 744 | 193 |
Golden Horde | 1240 | 1502 | 262 |
Sultanate of Gowa | 1300 | 1945 | 645 |
Gran Colombia | 1819 | 1831 | 12 |
Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 1236 | 1795 | 559 |
Empire of Great Fulo | 1514 | 1776 | 262 |
Great Moravian Empire | 833 | 907 | 74 |
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty | 600 | 1136 | 536 |
Gupta Empire | 320 | 550 | 230 |
First Empire of Haiti | 1804 | 1806 | 2 |
Second Empire of Haiti | 1849 | 1859 | 10 |
Hafsid Kingdom | 1228 | 1574 | 346 |
Han dynasty | 206 BC | 220 | 426 |
Empire of Harsha | 606 | 647 | 41 |
Hephthalite Empire | 420 | 567 | 147 |
Hittite Empire | 1460 BC | 1180 BC | 280 |
Holy Roman Empire | 800/962(Debated) | 1806 | 1006/844 (Debated) |
Hospitaller colonial empire | 1651 | 1665 | 14 |
Hotak Dynasty | 1709 | 1738 | 29 |
Hoysala Empire | 1026 | 1343 | 317 |
Hunnic Empire | 370 | 469 | 99 |
Husainid Dynasty | 1705 | 1957 | 252 |
Idrisid dynasty | 788 | 974 | 186 |
Iberian Union | 1580 | 1640 | 60 |
Ilkhanate | 1256 | 1335 | 79 |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) | 1047 BC | 930 BC | 117 |
Kingdom of Judah (united monarchy) | 1050 BC | 586 BC | 464 |
Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyo) | 1438 | 1572 | 134 |
Indian Empire | 1858 | 1947 | 89 |
Italian Empire | 1882 | 1960 | 78 |
Japanese Empire | 1868 | 1947 | 79 |
Jin dynasty (266–420) | 266 | 420 | 154 |
Jin dynasty (1115–1234) | 1115 | 1234 | 119 |
Johor Empire | 1528 | 1855 | 327 |
Jolof Empire | 1350 | 1549 | 199 |
Joseon | 1392 | 1897 | 505 |
Kaabu Empire | 1537 | 1867 | 330 |
Kachari kingdom[4] | 835 | 1832 | 997 |
Kanem Empire | 700 | 1380 | 680 |
Kalmar Union | 1397 | 1523 | 126 |
Kadamba dynasty | 345 | 540 | 195 |
Kanva dynasty | 75 BC | 30 BC | 45 |
Kara-Khanid Khanate | 840 | 1212 | 372 |
Kazakh Khanate | 1465 | 1847 | 382 |
Khazar Khaganate | 700 | 1000 | 300 |
Khmer Empire | 802 | 1431 | 629 |
Khilji Dynasty | 1290 | 1320 | 30 |
Khwarazmian Empire | 1077 | 1231 | 154 |
Kievan Rus' | 862 | 1242 | 380 |
Kingdom of France | 987 | 1792 | 805 |
Kingdom of Georgia | 1008 | 1490 | 482 |
Konbaung Dynasty | 1752 | 1885 | 133 |
Kong Empire | 1710 | 1898 | 188 |
Korean Empire | 1897 | 1910 | 13 |
Kushan Empire | 30 | 345 | 315 |
Kingdom of Kush | 780 BC | 350 | 1129 |
Kyrgyz Khaganate | 539 | 1207 | 668 |
Latin Empire | 1204 | 1261 | 57 |
Later Lê dynasty | 1428 | 1789 | 361 |
Liao dynasty | 915 | 1125 | 210 |
Lodi Sultanate | 1451 | 1526 | 75 |
Lavo Kingdom | 468 | 1388 | 920 |
Macedonian Empire | 334 BC | 323 BC | 11 |
Madurai Nayak dynasty | 1529 | 1736 | 207 |
Magadha Empire | 544 BC | 28 BC | 515 |
Majapahit Empire | 1293 | 1527 | 234 |
Mali Empire | 1235 | 1610 | 375 |
Malacca Empire | 1400 | 1511 | 111 |
Mamluk Sultanate | 1250 | 1517 | 267 |
Maratha Empire | 1674 | 1818 | 144 |
Marhasi | 2550 BC | 1900 BC | 650 |
Marinid dynasty | 1244 | 1465 | 221 |
Massina Empire | 1820 | 1862 | 42 |
Mataram Sultanate | 1587 | 1755 | 168 |
Mauretania | 225 BC | 44 | 269 |
Mauryan Empire | 321 BC | 185 BC | 136 |
Median Empire | 678 BC | 550 BC | 128 |
Mlechchha dynasty | 650 | 900 | 250 |
First Mexican Empire | 1821 | 1823 | 2 |
Second Mexican Empire | 1864 | 1867 | 3 |
Ming dynasty | 1368 | 1644 | 276 |
Kingdom of Mitanni | 1500 BC | 1300 BC | 200 |
Mongol Empire | 1206 | 1368 | 162 |
Muhammad Ali Dynasty | 1805 | 1953 | 148 |
Mughal Empire | 1526 | 1857 | 331 |
Nanda Empire | 345 BC | 322 BC | 23 |
Neo-Sumerian Empire | 2112 BC | 2004 BC | 108 |
Nguyễn dynasty | 1802 | 1945 | 143 |
North Sea Empire | 1013 | 1042 | 29 |
Empire of Nicaea | 1204 | 1261 | 57 |
Northern Yuan dynasty | 1368 | 1691 | 323 |
Numidia | 202 BC | 40 BC | 162 |
Odrysian kingdom | 480 BC | 30 BC | 450 |
Omani Empire | 1696 | 1856 | 158 |
Ostrogothic Kingdom | 469 | 553 | 84 |
Ottoman Empire | 1299 | 1923 | 624 |
Oyo Empire | 1300 | 1905 | 605 |
Pagan Kingdom | 849 | 1297 | 448 |
Pahlavi Iran | 1925 | 1979 | 54 |
Pala Empire | 750 | 1174 | 424 |
Palmyrene Empire | 270 | 273 | 3 |
Pandyan dynasty | 300 BC | 1759[5] | 2059 |
Parthian Empire | 247 BC | 224 | 471 |
People's Republic of China | 1949 | Present | 75 |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | 1569 | 1795 | 226 |
Kingdom of Pontus | 120 BC | 47 BC | 73 |
Portuguese Empire | 1415 | 1999 | 584 |
Ptolemaic Empire | 305 BC | 30 BC | 275 |
Purépecha Empire | 1300 | 1530[6] | 230 |
Qajar Iran | 1789 | 1925 | 136 |
Qara Qoyunlu | 1374 | 1468 | 94 |
Qara Khitai | 1124 | 1218 | 94 |
Qin dynasty | 221 BC | 206 BC | 15 |
Qing dynasty | 1636 | 1912 | 276 |
Rashidun Caliphate | 632 | 661 | 29 |
Rashtrakuta dynasty | 753 | 982 | 229 |
Roman Republic | 509 BC | 27 BC | 582 |
Roman Empire | 27 BC | 395 | 422 |
Rouran Khaganate | 330 | 555 | 225 |
Rozvi Empire | 1660 | 1866 | 206 |
Rustamid dynasty | 777 | 909 | 132 |
Russian Empire | 1721 | 1917 | 196 |
Tsardom of Russia | 1547 | 1721 | 174 |
Saadi dynasty | 1554 | 1659 | 105 |
Safavid Iran | 1501 | 1736 | 235 |
Saffarid dynasty | 867 | 1002 | 135 |
Samo's Empire | 631 | 658 | 27 |
Sassanian Empire | 224 | 651 | 427 |
Satavahana dynasty | 230 BC | 220 | 450 |
Samanid Empire | 819 | 999 | 180 |
Seleucid Empire | 312 BC | 63 BC | 249 |
Seljuk Empire | 1037 | 1194 | 157 |
Sultanate of Rum | 1077 | 1308 | 231 |
Serbian Empire | 1346 | 1371 | 25 |
Shah Mir Dynasty | 1339 | 1561 | 222 |
Shu Han | 221 | 263 | 42 |
Shang dynasty | 1600 BC | 1046 BC | 554 |
Siam Empire | 1782 | 1932 | 150 |
Sikh Empire | 1799 | 1849 | 50 |
Singhasari | 1222 | 1292 | 70 |
Sokoto Caliphate | 1804 | 1903 | 99 |
Song dynasty | 960 | 1279 | 319 |
Songhai Empire | 1430 | 1591 | 161 |
Soviet Union | 1922 | 1991 | 69 |
Spanish Empire | 1492 | 1976 | 496 |
Spartan Empire | 900 BC | 192 BC | 708 |
Srivijaya Empire | 671 | 1026 | 355 |
Sui dynasty | 581 | 618 | 37 |
Shunga Empire | 185 BC | 73 BC | 112 |
Sur Empire | 1538/1540 | 1556 | 16/18 |
Swedish Empire | 1611 | 1809 | 198 |
Sweden-Norway | 1814 | 1905 | 91 |
Sukhothai Kingdom | 1238 | 1438 | 200 |
Tahirid dynasty | 821 | 873 | 52 |
Tang dynasty | 618 | 907 | 274 |
Tây Sơn dynasty | 1789 | 1802 | 13 |
Sultanate of Ternate | 1258 | 1914 | 656 |
Empire of Thessalonica | 1224 | 1242 | 18 |
Thonburi Kingdom | 1767 | 1782 | 15 |
Tibet | 1912 | 1951 | 39 (Tibetans historically saw the Dalai Lama as a figure of religious reverence who united them to help compete against various other empires and bridged religious and regional cultural differences)[7] |
Tibetan Empire | 755 | 842 | 87 |
Tikal | 90 | 869 | 779 |
Timurid Empire | 1370 | 1507 | 137 |
Kingdom of Tlemcen | 1235 | 1556 | 321 |
Empire of Trebizond | 1204 | 1461 | 257 |
Tokugawa shogunate | 1603 | 1868 | 264 |
Toltec Empire (disputed existence) | 496 | 1122 | 626 |
Toucouleur Empire | 1852 | 1893 | 41 |
Toungoo dynasty | 1510 | 1752 | 242 |
Tui Manu’a | Unknown | 1909 | Unknown |
Tuʻi Tonga Empire | 950 | 1865 | 915 |
Turgesh Khaganate | 699 | 766 | 67 |
Umayyad Caliphate | 661 | 750 | 89 |
United States of America | 1776 | 1946 | 170 |
Uyghur Khaganate | 744 | 840 | 96 |
Uzbek Khanate | 1428 | 1471 | 43 |
Vandal Kingdom | 435 | 534 | 99 |
Varman dynasty | 350 | 655 | 305 |
Venetian Republic | 697 | 1797 | 1100 |
Empire of Vietnam | March 1945 | August 1945 | 0 (5 Months) |
Vijayanagara Empire | 1336 | 1646 | 310 |
Visigothic Kingdom | 418 | 720 | 302 |
Wari Empire (debated) | 600 | 1100 | 500 |
Wassoulou Empire | 1878 | 1898 | 20 |
Wattasid dynasty | 1472 | 1554 | 82 |
Western Chalukya Empire | 975 | 1184 | 209 |
Western Roman Empire | 395 | 476 | 81 |
Xia dynasty | 2070 BC | 1600 BC | 470 |
Western Xia | 1038 | 1227 | 189 |
Xin dynasty | 9 | 23 | 14 |
Xiongnu Empire | 209 BC | 47 AD | 256 (Kenneth W. Hart believes the Xiongnu when united before 47 AD counted as an empire)[8] |
Yuan dynasty | 1271 | 1368 | 97 |
Zand dynasty | 1751 | 1794 | 43 |
Zhou dynasty | 1046 BC | 256 BC | 790 |
Wu Zhou | 690 | 705 | 15 |
Zirid dynasty | 972 | 1148 | 176 |
Zulu Empire | 1816 | 1897 | 81 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Aliraqi - Babylonian Empire". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Babylonian Empire - Livius".
- ^ "The Old Kingdom".
- ^ "Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdoms of Assam".
- ^ Sethuraman, N. (1993). The Later Pandyas (1371–1759 AD). Tiruchirapalli: The Epigraphical Society of India.
- ^ Relación de Michoacán, complete text (in Spanish)
- ^ "Tibet profile". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ Harl, Kenneth W. (2023). Empires of the Steppes: A History of the Nomadic Tribes Who Shaped Civilization. United States: Hanover Square Press. pp. 93, 95, 97, 98–99, 102. ISBN 978-1-335-42927-8.
External links
edit- Pella, John & Erik Ringmar, History of International Relations Open Textbook Project, Cambridge: Open Book, forthcoming.