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Empires and dynasties

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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 Empire 1736 1796 60
Aghlabid Dynasty 800 909 109
Ajuran Sultanate 1300 1700 400
Akkadian Empire 2334 BC 2154 BC 180
Kingdom of Aksum 100 940 840
Akwamu 1600 1886 286
Almohad Caliphate 1121 1269 148
Almoravid Dynasty 1050 1147 97
Angevin Empire 1154 1214 60
Aq Qoyunlu 1378 1503 125
Armenian Empire 331 BC 428 618
Ashanti Empire 1670 1902 232
Assyrian Empire 2025 BC 609 BC 1416
Aulikara Empire 350 545 195
Austria-Hungary 1867 1918 51
Austrian Empire 1804 1867 63
Avar Khaganate 567 822 255
Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 1767 416
Ayyubid Dynasty 1171 1260 89
Aztec Empire 1325 1521 196
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 BC[1][2] 1595 BC 299
Neo-Babylonian Empire 626 BC 539 BC 87
Balhae 698 926 228
Sultanate of Banjar 1526 1860 334
Bamana Empire 1712 1861 149
Belgian Colonial Empire 1908 1962 55
Bengal Sultanate 1352 1576 209
Benin Empire 1180 1897 717
Bogd Khanate of Mongolia/Great Mongolian State 1911 1924 7 (broken up from 1915 to 1921)
Bornu Empire 1380 1893 513
Empire of Brazil 1822 1889 67
Britannic Empire 286 296 10
British Empire 1583 1997 414
British Raj 1858 1947 89
Bruneian Empire 1368 1888 520
Bukhara Empire 1501 1785 284
Bulgarian Empire (Great Bulgaria) 632 668 36
Bulgarian Empire (first) 681 1018 337
Bulgarian Empire (second) 1185 1422 237
Burgundian State 1384 1482 98
Buyid Dynasty 934 1062 128
Byzantine Empire 395 1453 1058
Calakmul 484 909 425
Córdoba 756 1031 275
Cao Wei 220 266 46
Carthaginian Empire 814 BC 146 BC 668
Central African Empire 1976 1979 3
Chagatai Khanate 1227 1363 136
Chahamanas of Shakambhari 551 1192 641
Chalukya Dynasty 543 753 210
Chenla 550 802 252
Chera Dynasty 300 BC 1124 1424
Chimor 900 1470 570
Chola Empire 848 1279 431
Classical Athens 508 BC 322 BC 186
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
Crown of Castile 1230 1716 486
Dacian Kingdom 82 BC 106 188
Danish Colonial Empire 1536 1953 417
Delhi Sultanate 1206 1526 320
Demak Sultanate 1475 1554 79
Durrani Empire 1747 1842 95
Dutch Empire 1595 1975 380
Dzungar Khanate 1634 1755 121
Eastern Chalukya Empire 624 1189 565
Eastern Ganga Dynasty 493 1947 1454
Empire of Charles V 1519 1556 37
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 1070 BC 480
Elam 3200 BC 539 BC 2661
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 446
Francia 481 843 362
Funan 68 550 482
Gallic Empire 260 274 14
Gaza Empire 1824 1895 71
Genoese Republic 1005 1797 792
German Colonial Empire 1884 1920 36
German Empire (1848–1849) 1848 1849 1
German Empire 1871 1919 48
Ghana Empire 830 1235 405
Ghaznavid Empire 977 1186 209
Ghurid Dynasty 879 1215 341
Goguryeo 37 BC 668 705
Goryeo 918 1392 474
Gorkha Empire 1768 2008 240
Göktürk Khaganate 552 744 192
Golden Horde 1240 1502 262
Sultanate of Gowa 1320 1945 625
Gran Colombia 1819 1831 12
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1236 1795 559
Empire of Great Fulo 1512 1776 264
Great Moravian Empire 833 907 74
Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty 730 1036 306
Gupta Empire 320 550 230
Habsburg Monarchy 1282 1918 636
First Empire of Haiti 1804 1806 2
Second Empire of Haiti 1849 1859 10
Hafsid Kingdom 1229 1574 345
Han Dynasty 206 BC 220 426
Empire of Harsha 606 647 41
Hephthalite Empire 408 670 262
Hittite Empire 1600 BC 1178 BC 422
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
Kingdom of Hungary 1000 1918 918
Kingdom of Hungary (1920-1946) 1920 1946 26
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) 930 BC 586 BC 344
Kingdom of Jerusalem 1099 1291 192
Inca Empire 1438 1572 134
Indus Valley Civilization 3300 BC 1300 BC 2000
Indian Empire 1858 1947 89
Italian Empire 1882 1960 78
Old Italian Colonial Empire 1803 1882 79
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] 1200 1832 632
Kanem Empire 700 1380 680
Kalmar Union 1397 1523 126
Kadamba Dynasty 345 540 195
Kanva Dynasty 73 BC 28 BC 45
Kara-Khanid Khanate 840 1212 372
Kazakh Khanate 1465 1847 382
Khazar Khaganate 650 969 319
Khmer Empire 802 1431 629
Khalji 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
Kingdom of Norway 872 1397 525
Konbaung Dynasty 1752 1885 133
Kong Empire 1710 1898 188
Korean Empire 1897 1910 13
Kushan Empire 30 375 345
Kingdom of Kush 1070 BC 350 1420
Kyrgyz Khaganate 539 1207 668
Latin Empire 1204 1261 57
Lê Dynasty 1428 1789 361
Liao Dynasty 907 1125 218
Lodi Sultanate 1451 1526 75
Lavo Kingdom 468 1388 920
Macedonia 808 BC 148 BC 660
Madurai Nayak Dynasty 1529 1736 207
Magadha 544 BC 28 BC 515
Majapahit 1293 1527 234
Mali Empire 1235 1670 435
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
Maya Civilization 2000 BC 1697 2168
Median Empire 728 BC 550 BC 178
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 1550 BC 1260 BC 290
Mongol Empire 1206 1368 162
Grand Duchy of Moscow 1263 1547 284
Muhammad Ali Dynasty 1805 1953 148
Mughal Empire 1526 1857 331
Nanda Empire 345 BC 321 BC 24
Nazi Germany 1933 1945 12
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 1368 1691 323
Numidia 202 BC 25 BC 177
Odrysian Kingdom 480 BC 30 BC 450
Omani Empire 1696 1856 158
Ostrogothic Kingdom 493 553 60
Ottoman Empire 1299 1923 624
Oyo Empire 1300 1896 596
Pagan Kingdom 1044 1287 243
Pahlavi Iran 1925 1979 54
Pala Empire 750 1161 411
Pallava Empire 275 897 622
Palmyrene Empire 270 273 3
Pandya Dynasty 400 BC 1618 2018
Papal States 754 1870 1116
Parthian Empire 247 BC 224 471
People's Republic of China 1949 Present 75
Phoenicia 1500 BC 539 BC 961
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569 1795 226
Kingdom of Pontus 281 BC 63 BC 218
Portuguese Empire 1415 1999 584
Prussia 1525 1947 422
Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 BC 30 BC 275
Purépecha Empire 1300 1530[5] 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
Rashtrakutas 753 982 229
Rattanakosin Kingdom 1782 1932 150
Roman Republic 509 BC 27 BC 482
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 Sultanate 1510 1659 149
Samanid Empire 819 999 180
Safavid Empire 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
Seleucid Empire 312 BC 63 BC 249
Seljuk Empire 1037 1194 157
Serbian Empire 1346 1371 25
Shah Mir Dynasty 1339 1561 222
Shang Dynasty 1600 BC 1046 BC 554
Shunga Empire 185 BC 73 BC 112
Shu Han 221 263 42
Sikh Empire 1799 1849 50
Singhasari 1222 1292 70
Sokoto Caliphate 1804 1903 99
Song Dynasty 960 1279 319
Songhai Empire 1464 1591 127
Soviet Union 1922 1991 69
Spanish Empire 1492 1976 496
Sparta 900 BC 192 BC 708
Srivijaya Empire 650 1377 727
Sui Dynasty 581 618 37
Sukhothai Kingdom 1238 1438 200
Sultanate of Rum 1077 1308 231
Sumer 5500 BC 2334 BC 3166
Sur Empire 1540 1556 16
Swedish Empire 1523 1809 286
Sweden-Norway 1814 1905 91
Tahirid Dynasty 821 873 52
Tang Dynasty 618 907 289
Tây Sơn Dynasty 1789 1802 13
Sultanate of Ternate 1258 1914 656
Teutonic Order 1230 1525 295
Empire of Thessalonica 1224 1242 18
Thonburi Kingdom 1767 1782 15
Tibet 1912}} 1950 38 Tibetan Empire 618 842 224
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 900 1168 268
Toucouleur Empire 1852 1893 41
Toungoo Dynasty 1486 1752 266
Tui Manu’a Unknown 1909 Unknown
Tuʻi Tonga Empire 950 1865 915
Turgesh Khaganate 699 766 67
Umayyad Caliphate 661 750 89
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 418 711 293
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
Xianbei 93 234 141
Xin Dynasty 9 23 14
Xiongnu Empire 209 BC 93 302
Yuan Dynasty 1271 1368 97
Zand Dynasty 1751 1794 43
Zhou Dynasty 1046 BC 256 BC 790
Zirid Dynasty 972 1148 176
Zulu Kingdom 1816 1897 81

See also

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Notes

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References

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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. ^ Relación de Michoacán, complete text (in Spanish)
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