List of empires

This is a navigational list of empires.

Empires and dynasties

Empire Start year End year Duration (years)
Abbasid Caliphate7501517767
Aceh Sultanate14961903407
Achaemenid Empire550 BC330 BC220
Afsharid Iran1736179660
Aghlabids800909109
Ajuran Sultanate13121786474
Akkadian Empire2334 BC2154 BC180
Aksumite Empire150 BC9601110
Akwamu16291867238
Alaouite Dynasty1631Present392
Almohad Caliphate11301269139
Almoravid Dynasty1050114797
Angevin Empire1154124288
Aq Qoyunlu13781503125
Armenian Empire190 BC428618
Ashanti Empire16701896226
Assyria2025 BC609 BC1416
Aulikara Empire52855022
Austria-Hungary1867191851
Austrian Empire15261867341
Avar Khaganate 567 likely 820s At least 256
Ayutthaya Kingdom13511767416
Ayyubid Dynasty1171125079
Aztec Empire1428152193
Babylonia1792 BC[1][2]626 BC1166
Neo-Babylonian Empire626 BC539 BC87
Balhae698926228
Sultanate of Banjar15201905385
Bamana Empire17121861149
Belgian colonial empire1908196255
Bengal Sultanate13521576209
Benin Empire14401897457
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921)
Bornu Empire13871893506
Empire of Brazil1822188967
Britannic Empire28629610
British Empire17071997290
Bruneian Empire14081888480
Bukhara Empire15061785279
Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria)63266836
Bulgarian Empire (first)6811018337
Bulgarian Empire (second)11851396211
Burgundian State1384148298
Buyid Dynasty9341062128
Calakmul 484 909 425
Caliphate of Córdoba9291031102
Cao Wei22026545
Carolingian Empire80088787
Carthaginian Empire814 BC146 BC668
Central African Empire 1976 1979 3
Chagatai Khanate12251687462
Chalukya Dynasty543753210
Chauhan Dynasty5511194643
Chenla550802252
Chera Dynasty 200 BC11001300
Chimor9001470570
Chola Empire8481279431
Classical Athens508 BC322 BC180
Comanche Empire (debated) 1750 1850 100
Commonwealth of England1649166011
Congo Free State1885190823
Crimean Khanate14411783342
Crown of Aragon11621716554
Dacian Empire168 BC106274
Kingdom of Dagbon12001896696
Danish colonial empire15361953417
Delhi Sultanate12061526320
Pallava Empire275897622
Demak Sultanate1475156893
Durrani Empire1747182376
Dutch colonial empire15681975407
Dzungar Khanate16341758124
Eastern Chalukya Empire6241189565
Eastern Ganga Dynasty49319471454
Eastern Roman Empire39514531001
Kingdom of England 927 1707 780
Old Kingdom of Egypt2686 BC2181 BC508[3]
Middle Kingdom of Egypt2055 BC1650 BC405
New Kingdom of Egypt1550 BC1077 BC473
Elamite Empire1210 BC1100 BC110
Pricipality of Elba181418150 (11 Months)
Ethiopian Empire12701974704
Fatimid Caliphate9091171262
First French Empire1804181511
Second French Empire1852187018
French colonial empire15341980/Present446/489
Frankish Empire481843362
Funan50550500
Gallic Empire26027414
Gaza Empire1824189571
Genoese Republic10961797698
German colonial empire1884192036
German Empire184818491
German Empire1871191847
Ghana Empire100/300 (Debated)12401140/940 (Debated)
Ghaznavid Empire9771186209
Ghurid Dynasty1148121567
Goguryeo37 BC668705
Goryeo9181392474
Gorkha Empire16001850250
Göktürk Khaganate551744193
Golden Horde12401502262
Sultanate of Gowa13001945645
Gran Colombia1819183112
Grand Duchy of Lithuania12361795559
Empire of Great Fulo15141776262
Great Moravian Empire83390774
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty6001136536
Gupta Empire320550230
First Empire of Haiti180418062
Second Empire of Haiti1849185910
Hafsid Kingdom12281574346
Han dynasty206 BC220426
Empire of Harsha60664741
Hephthalite Empire420567147
Hittite Empire1460 BC1180 BC280
Holy Roman Empire9621806844
Hospitaller colonial empire1651166514
Hotak Dynasty1709173829
Hoysala Empire10261343317
Hunnic Empire37046999
Husainid Dynasty17051957252
Idrisid dynasty788974186
Iberian Union1580164060
Ilkhanate1256133579
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)1047 BC930 BC117
Kingdom of Judah (united monarchy)1050 BC586 BC464
Inca Empire (Tawantinsuyo)14381572134
Indian Empire1858194789
Italian Empire1882192265
Japanese Empire1868194779
Jin dynasty (266–420)266420154
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)11151234119
Johor Empire15281855327
Jolof Empire13501549199
Joseon13921897505
Kaabu Empire15371867330
Kachari kingdom[4] 835 1832 997
Kanem Empire7001380680
Kalmar Union13971523126
Kadamba dynasty 345 540 195
Kanva dynasty 75 BC 30 BC 45
Kara-Khanid Khanate8401212372
Kazakh Khanate14651847382
Khazar Khaganate7001000300
Khmer Empire8021431629
Khilji Dynasty1290132030
Khwarazmian Empire10771231154
Kievan Rus'8821242360
Kingdom of France (in its time of nominally presiding over the Angevin Empire and later claiming various English possessions)11541558403
Kingdom of Georgia 1008 1490 482
Konbaung Dynasty17521885133
Kong Empire17101898188
Korean Empire1897191013
Kushan Empire30345315
Kingdom of Kush780 BC3501129
Kyrgyz Khaganate5391207668
Latin Empire1204126157
Later Lê dynasty14281789361
Liao dynasty9151125210
Lodi Sultanate1451152675
Lavo Kingdom4681388920
Macedonian Empire334 BC323 BC11
Madurai Nayak dynasty 1529 1736 207
Magadha Empire 544 BC 28 BC 515
Majapahit Empire12931527234
Mali Empire12351610375
Malacca Empire14001511111
Mamluk Sultanate12501517267
Maratha Empire16741818144
Marhasi2550 BC1900 BC650
Marinid dynasty12441465221
Massina Empire1820186242
Mataram Sultanate 1587 1755 168
Mauretania225 BC44269
Mauryan Empire321 BC185 BC136
Median Empire678 BC550 BC128
Mlechchha dynasty650900250
First Mexican Empire182118232
Second Mexican Empire186418673
Ming dynasty13681644276
Kingdom of Mitanni1500 BC1300 BC200
Mongol Empire12061368162
Muhammad Ali Dynasty18051953148
Mughal Empire15261858332
Nanda Empire345 BC322 BC23
Neo-Sumerian Empire2112 BC2004 BC108
Nguyễn dynasty18021945143
North Sea Empire1013104229
Empire of Nicaea1204126157
Northern Yuan dynasty13681691323
Numidia202 BC40 BC162
Odrysian kingdom480 BC30 BC450
Omani Empire16961856158
Ostrogothic Kingdom46955384
Ottoman Empire12991923624
Oyo Empire13001905605
Pagan Kingdom8491297448
Pahlavi Iran1925197954
Pala Empire7501174424
Palmyrene Empire2702733
Pandyan dynasty 300 BC1759[5]2059
Parthian Empire247 BC224471
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth15691795226
Kingdom of Pontus120 BC47 BC73
Portuguese Empire14151999584
Ptolemaic Empire305 BC30 BC275
Purépecha Empire 1300 1530[6] 230
Qajar Iran17891925136
Qara Qoyunlu1374146894
Qara Khitai1124121894
Qin dynasty221 BC206 BC15
Qing dynasty16361912276
Rashidun Caliphate63266129
Rashtrakuta dynasty753982229
Roman Republic509 BC27 BC582
Roman Empire27 BC395422
Rouran Khaganate330555225
Rozvi Empire16601866206
Rustamid dynasty777909132
Russian Empire17211917196
Tsardom of Russia15471721174
Saadi dynasty15541659105
Safavid Iran15011736235
Saffarid dynasty8671002135
Samo’s Empire63165827
Sassanian Empire224651427
Satavahana dynasty230 BC220450
Samanid Empire819999180
Seleucid Empire312 BC63 BC249
Seljuk Empire10371194157
Sultanate of Rum 1077 1308 231
Serbian Empire1346137125
Shah Mir Dynasty13391561222
Shu Han22126342
Shang dynasty1600 BC1046 BC554
Siam Empire17821932150
Sikh Empire1799184950
Singhasari 1222 1292 70
Sokoto Caliphate1804190399
Song dynasty 9601279319
Songhai Empire14301591161
Spanish Empire14921976496
Spartan Empire900 BC192 BC708
Srivijaya Empire6711026355
Sui dynasty58161837
Shunga Empire185 BC73 BC112
Sur Empire1538/1540155616/18
Swedish Empire16111809198
Sweden-Norway1814190591
Sukhothai Kingdom12381438200
Tahirid dynasty82187352
Tang dynasty618907274
Tây Sơn dynasty1789180213
Sultanate of Ternate12581914656
Empire of Thessalonica1224124218
Thonburi Kingdom1767178215
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 Empire75584287
Tikal 90 869 779
Timurid Empire13701507137
Kingdom of Tlemcen12351556321
Empire of Trebizond12041461257
Tokugawa shogunate16031868264
Toltec Empire (disputed existence)4961122626
Toucouleur Empire1852189341
Toungoo dynasty15101752242
Tui Manu’aUnknown1909Unknown
Tuʻi Tonga Empire9501865915
Turgesh Khaganate69976667
Umayyad Caliphate66175089
United States of America (before independence of the Philippines)17761946170
Uyghur Khaganate74484096
Uzbek Khanate1428147143
Vandal Kingdom43553499
Varman dynasty 350 655 305
Venetian Republic69717971100
Empire of VietnamMarch 1945August 19450 (5 Months)
Vijayanagara Empire13361646310
Visigothic Kingdom418720302
Wari Empire (debated)6001100500
Wassoulou Empire1878189820
Wattasid dynasty1472155482
Western Chalukya Empire9751184209
Western Roman Empire39548085
Xia dynasty2070 BC1600 BC470
Western Xia10381227189
Xin dynasty92314
Xiongnu Empire 209 BC 47 AD 256 (Kenneth W. Hart believes the Xiongnu when united before 47 AD counted as an empire)[8]
Yuan dynasty1271136897
Zand dynasty1751179443
Zhou dynasty1046 BC256 BC790
Wu Zhou69070515
Zirid dynasty9721148176
Zulu Empire1816189781

See also

References

  1. "Aliraqi - Babylonian Empire". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. "Babylonian Empire - Livius".
  3. "The Old Kingdom".
  4. "Kingdoms of South Asia - Indian Kingdoms of Assam".
  5. Sethuraman, N. (1993). The Later Pandyas (1371–1759 AD). Tiruchirapalli: The Epigraphical Society of India.
  6. Relación de Michoacán, complete text (in Spanish)
  7. "Tibet profile". BBC News. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  8. 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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