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    • Empires and dynasties[edit]

    Empire Start year End year Duration (years)
    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 likely 820s At least 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 1707 1997 489
    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 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
    Eastern Roman Empire 395 1453 1058
    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 962 1806 844
    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
    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
    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 Present 248
    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[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "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.

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