List of empires

This is a navigational list of empires.

Empires and dynasties

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	190 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	1428	1521	93
Babylonia	1792 BC[1][2]	626 BC	1166
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	290
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
Calakmul	484	909	425
Caliphate of Córdoba	929	1031	102
Cao Wei	220	265	45
Carolingian Empire	800	887	87
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	1001
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
Pricipality 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	1922	65
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'	882	1242	360
Kingdom of France (in its time of nominally presiding over the Angevin Empire and later claiming various English possessions)	1154	1558	403
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	1858	332
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 (before independence of the Philippines)	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	480	85
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

References

"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

Pella, John & Erik Ringmar, History of International Relations Open Textbook Project, Cambridge: Open Book, forthcoming.

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[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.

[:3-8] 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.

List of empires

Empires and dynasties

See also

References

External links