List of empires

For list of empires by size, see list of largest empires.

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Empires

Empire	Start year	End year	Duration (years)
Achaemenid Empire[1]	550 BC	330 BC	220
Afsharid Iran[2]	1736	1796	60
Akkadian Empire[3]	2334 BC	2154 BC	180
Akwamu[4]	1629	1867	238
Angevin Empire[5]	1154	1242	88
Aq Qoyunlu[6]	1467[6]	1508[6]	41
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)[7]	331 BC	428	618
Asante Empire[8]	1670	1902	232
Assyrian Empire[9]	2025 BC	609 BC	1416
Aulikara Empire[10]	528	550	22
Austria-Hungary[11]	1867	1918	51
Austrian Empire[12]	1804	1867	63
Avar Khaganate[13]	567	822	255
Ayutthaya Kingdom[14]	1351	1767	416
Aztec Empire[15]	1325	1521	196
Old Babylonian Empire[16]	1894 BC[17][18]	1595 BC	299
Neo-Babylonian Empire[19]	626 BC	539 BC	87
Bamana Empire[20]	1712	1861	149
Belgian colonial empire[21]	1908	1962	55
Kingdom of Benin[22]	1180	1897	717
Empire of Brazil[23]	1822	1889	67
Britannic Empire[24]	286	296	10
British Empire[25]	1583	1997	414
British Raj (Indian Empire)[26]	1858	1947	89
Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)[27]	1368	1888	520
Old Great Bulgaria[28]	632	668	36
First Bulgarian Empire[29]	681	1018	337
Second Bulgarian Empire[30]	1185	1396	211
Byzantine Empire[30]	395	1453	1058
Carolingian Empire[31]	800	888	88
Carthaginian Empire[32]	814 BC	146 BC	668
Central African Empire[33]	1976	1979	3
Chenla[citation needed]	550	802	252
Chimor [34]	900	1470	570
Chola Empire [35]	848	1279	431
Athenian Empire[36]	454 BC	404 BC	50
Danish colonial empire[37]	1536	1953	417
Durrani Empire[38]	1747	1842	95
Dutch colonial empire[39]	1595	1975	380
Dzungar Khanate[40]	1634	1758	124
Empire of Charles V[41]	1519	1556	37
New Kingdom of Egypt[42]	1550 BC	1077 BC	473
Elamite Empire[43]	1210 BC	1100 BC	110
Ethiopian Empire[44]	1270	1974	704
First French Empire[45]	1804	1815	11
Second French Empire[46]	1852	1870	18
French colonial empire[47]	1534	1980	446
Funan[48]	50	550	500
Gallic Empire[49]	260	274	14
Gaza Empire[50]	1824	1895	71
German colonial empire[51]	1884	1920	36
German Empire[52]	1871	1919	48
German Empire (1848–1849)[citation needed]	1848	1849	1
Ghana Empire[53]	830	1235	405
Ghaznavid Empire[54]	977	1186	209
Goguryeo[55]	37 BC	668	705
Goryeo[citation needed]	918	1392	474
Golden Horde[56]	1240	1502	262
Grand Duchy of Lithuania[57]	1236	1795	559
Empire of Great Fulo[citation needed]	1512	1776	264
Gupta Empire[58]	320	550	230
Habsburg monarchy[59]	1282	1918	636
First Empire of Haiti[60]	1804	1806	2
Second Empire of Haiti[61]	1849	1859	10
Han dynasty[62]	202 BC	220 AD	422
Hephthalite Empire[63]	440	560	120
Hittite Empire[64]	1600 BC	1178 BC	422
Holy Roman Empire[65]	962	1806	844
Hoysala Kingdom[66]	1026	1343	317
Hunnic Empire[67]	370	469	99
Iberian Union [68]	1580	1640	60
Ilkhanate[56]	1256	1335	79
Inca Empire[69]	1438	1572	134
Italian Empire[70]	1882	1960	78
Empire of Japan[71]	1868	1947	79
Jin dynasty (266–420) [72]	266	420	154
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)[73]	1115	1234	119
Jolof Empire[74]	1350	1549	199
Kaabu[75]	1537	1867	330
Kanem–Bornu Empire[76]	c. 700	1893	1193
Khmer Empire[77]	802	1431	629
Khwarazmian Empire[78]	1077	1231	154
Kingdom of Georgia[79]	1008	1490	482
Kong Empire [80]	1710	1898	188
Korean Empire[81]	1897	1910	13
Kushan Empire[62]	30	345	315
Kingdom of Kush[82]	1077 BC	350	1427
Latin Empire[83]	1204	1261	57
Liao dynasty[73]	907	1125	218
Macedonia[84]	808 BC	148 BC	660
Majapahit[85]	1293	1527	234
Mali Empire[75]	1235	1670	435
Maratha Confederacy[86]	1674	1818	144
Massina Empire[87]	1820	1862	42
Maurya Empire[43]	321 BC	185 BC	136
Median Empire (disputed)[88]	678 BC	550 BC	128
First Mexican Empire[89]	1821	1823	2
Second Mexican Empire[90]	1864	1867	3
Ming dynasty[91]	1368	1644	276
Mongol Empire[92]	1206	1368	162
Great Moravia[31]	833	907	74
Mughal Empire[86]	1526	1857	331
Nanda Empire[93]	345 BC	321 BC	24
Nazi Germany[94]	1933	1945	12
Kingdom of Nepal[95]	1768	2008	240
Neo-Sumerian Empire[96]	2112 BC	2004 BC	108
North Sea Empire[97]	1013	1042	29
Empire of Nicaea[79]	1204	1261	57
Odrysian kingdom[98]	480 BC	30 BC	450
Omani Empire[99]	1696	1856	158
Ostrogothic Kingdom [100]	493	553	60
Ottoman Empire[101]	1299	1922	623
Oyo Empire[102]	1300	1896	596
Pagan kingdom[103]	849	1287	438
Pala Empire[104]	750	1161	411
Palmyrene Empire[105]	270	273	3
Parthian Empire[42]	247 BC	224	471
Kingdom of Pontus[106]	281 BC	62	342
Portuguese Empire[69]	1415	1999	584
Ptolemaic Kingdom[107]	305 BC	30 BC	275
Purépecha Empire[108]	1300	1530[109]	230
Qara Khitai[110]	1124	1218	94
Qing dynasty[111]	1644	1912	268
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)[112]	1782	1932	150
Roman Empire[67]	27 BC	395	422
Rozvi Empire[113]	1660	1866	206
Russian Empire[40]	1721	1917	196
Safavid Iran[114]	1501	1736	235
Samo's Empire[115]	631	658	27
Sasanian Empire[42]	224	651	427
Samanid Empire [116]	819	999	180
Seleucid Empire[117]	312 BC	63 BC	249
Seljuk Empire[118]	1037	1194	157
Serbian Empire[119]	1346	1371	25
Shu Han[citation needed]	221	263	42
Sikh Empire[120]	1799	1849	50
Singhasari[citation needed]	1222	1292	70
Song dynasty[73]	960	1279	319
Songhai Empire[87]	1464	1591	127
Spanish Empire[69]	1492	1976	496
Shunga Empire[121]	185 BC	73 BC	112
Sur Empire[122]	1540	1556	16
Swedish Empire[123]	1523	1809	286
Tang dynasty[91]	618	907	289
Tây Sơn dynasty[citation needed]	1778	1802	24
Empire of Thessalonica[79]	1224	1242	18
Tibetan Empire[124]	755	842	87
Timurid Empire[125]	1370	1507	137
Empire of Trebizond[79]	1204	1461	257
Toltec Empire[126]	496	1122	626
Tuʻi Tonga Empire[127]	950	1865	915
Tukulor Empire[128]	1852	1893	41
First Turkic Khaganate[129]	551	744	193
Empire of Vietnam[130]	March 1945	August 1945	0 (5 Months)
Vijayanagara Empire[43]	1336	1646	310
Wari Empire[131]	600	1100	500
Wassoulou Empire[132]	1878	1898	20
Western Chalukya Empire[133]	975	1184	209
Western Roman Empire[67]	395	476	81
Yuan dynasty[92]	1260	1368	108
Zhou dynasty[134]	1046 BC	256 BC	790

See also

• List of former sovereign states
• List of former monarchies
• List of medieval great powers
• Middle Eastern empires
• Political history of the world

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