List of empires

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

This is a navigational list of empires.

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Empires

Empire	Start year	End year	Duration (years)
Achaemenid Empire	550 BC	330 BC	220
Afsharid Iran	1736	1796	60
Akkadian Empire	2334 BC	2154 BC	180
Akwamu	1629	1867	238
Angevin Empire	1154	1242	88
Aq Qoyunlu	1378	1503	125
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)	331 BC	428	618
Asante Empire	1670	1902	232
Assyrian Empire	2025 BC	609 BC	1416
Aulikara Empire	528	550	22
Austria-Hungary	1867	1918	51
Austrian Empire	1804	1867	63
Avar Khaganate	567	822	255
Ayutthaya Kingdom	1351	1767	416
Aztec Empire	1325	1521	196
Old Babylonian Empire	1894 BC[1][2]	1595 BC	299
Neo-Babylonian Empire	626 BC	539 BC	87
Bamana Empire	1712	1861	149
Belgian colonial empire	1908	1962	55
Kingdom of Benin	1180	1897	717
Empire of Brazil	1822	1889	67
Britannic Empire	286	296	10
British Empire	1583	1997	414
British Raj	1858	1947	89
Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888)	1368	1888	520
Old Great Bulgaria	632	668	36
First Bulgarian Empire	681	1018	337
Second Bulgarian Empire	1185	1396	211
Byzantine Empire	395	1453	1058
Carthaginian Empire	814 BC	146 BC	668
Central African Empire	1976	1979	3
Chenla	550	802	252
Chimor	900	1470	570
Chola Empire	848	1279	431
Classical Athens	508 BC	322 BC	180
Danish colonial empire	1536	1953	417
Durrani Empire	1747	1842	95
Dutch colonial empire	1595	1975	380
Empire of Charles V	1519	1556	37
New Kingdom of Egypt	1550 BC	1077 BC	473
Elamite Empire	1210 BC	1100 BC	110
Ethiopian Empire	1270	1974	704
First French Empire	1804	1815	11
Second French Empire	1852	1870	18
French colonial empire	1534	1980	446
Francia	481	843	362
Funan	50	550	500
Gallic Empire	260	274	14
Gaza Empire	1824	1895	71
Genoese Republic	1005	1797	792
German colonial empire	1884	1920	36
German Empire	1871	1919	48
German Empire (1848–1849)	1848	1849	1
Ghana Empire	830	1235	405
Ghaznavid Empire	977	1186	209
Goguryeo	37 BC	668	705
Goryeo	918	1392	474
Golden Horde	1240	1502	262
Grand Duchy of Lithuania	1236	1795	559
Empire of Great Fulo	1512	1776	264
Gupta Empire	320	550	230
Habsburg monarchy	1282	1918	636
First Empire of Haiti	1804	1806	2
Second Empire of Haiti	1849	1859	10
Hephthalite Empire	440	560	120
Hittite Empire	1600 BC	1178 BC	422
Holy Roman Empire	962	1806	844
Hospitaller colonial empire	1651	1665	14
Hoysala Kingdom	1026	1343	317
Hunnic Empire	370	469	99
Kingdom of Hungary	1000	1918	918
Iberian Union	1580	1640	60
Inca Empire	1438	1572	134
Italian Empire	1882	1960	78
Empire of Japan	1868	1947	79
Jolof Empire	1350	1549	199
Kaabu	1537	1867	330
Kanem–Bornu Empire	c. 700	1893	1193
Khmer Empire	802	1431	629
Khwarazmian Empire	1077	1231	154
Kingdom of Georgia	1008	1490	482
Kong Empire	1710	1898	188
Korean Empire	1897	1910	13
Kushan Empire	30	345	315
Kingdom of Kush	1077 BC	350	1427
Latin Empire	1204	1261	57
Macedonia	808 BC	148 BC	660
Majapahit	1293	1527	234
Mali Empire	1235	1670	435
Maratha Confederacy	1674	1818	144
Massina Empire	1820	1862	42
Maurya Empire	321 BC	185 BC	136
Median kingdom	678 BC	550 BC	128
First Mexican Empire	1821	1823	2
Second Mexican Empire	1864	1867	3
Mongol Empire	1206	1368	162
Great Moravia	833	907	74
Mughal Empire	1526	1857	331
Nanda Empire	345 BC	321 BC	24
Nazi Germany	1933	1945	12
Kingdom of Nepal	1768	2008	240
Neo-Sumerian Empire	2112 BC	2004 BC	108
North Sea Empire	1013	1042	29
Empire of Nicaea	1204	1261	57
Odrysian kingdom	480 BC	30 BC	450
Omani Empire	1696	1856	158
Ostrogothic Kingdom	493	553	60
Ottoman Empire	1299	1922	623
Oyo Empire	1300	1896	596
Pagan kingdom	849	1287	438
Pala Empire	750	1161	411
Palmyrene Empire	270	273	3
Parthian Empire	247 BC	224	471
Kingdom of Pontus	281 BC	62	342
Portuguese Empire	1415	1999	584
Ptolemaic Kingdom	305 BC	30 BC	275
Purépecha Empire	1300	1530[3]	230
Qara Khitai	1124	1218	94
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	1782	1932	150
Roman Empire	27 BC	395	422
Rozvi Empire	1660	1866	206
Russian Empire	1721	1917	196
Safavid Iran	1501	1736	235
Samo's Empire	631	658	27
Sasanian Empire	224	651	427
Samanid Empire	819	999	180
Seleucid Empire	312 BC	63 BC	249
Seljuk Empire	1037	1194	157
Serbian Empire	1346	1371	25
Shu Han	221	263	42
Sikh Empire	1799	1849	50
Singhasari	1222	1292	70
Songhai Empire	1464	1591	127
Spanish Empire	1492	1976	496
Shunga Empire	185 BC	73 BC	112
Sur Empire	1540	1556	16
Swedish Empire	1523	1809	286
Empire of Thessalonica	1224	1242	18
Tibetan Empire	755	842	87
Timurid Empire	1370	1507	137
Empire of Trebizond	1204	1461	257
Toltec Empire	496	1122	626
Tuʻi Tonga Empire	950	1865	915
Tukulor Empire	1852	1893	41
First Turkic Khaganate	551	744	193
Empire of Vietnam	March 1945	August 1945	0 (5 Months)
Vijayanagara Empire	1336	1646	310
Wari Empire (debated)	600	1100	500
Wassoulou Empire	1878	1898	20
Western Chalukya Empire	975	1184	209
Western Roman Empire	395	476	81

See also

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

Notes

References

1. "Aliraqi - Babylonian Empire". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
2. "Babylonian Empire - Livius".
3. Relación de Michoacán, complete text (in Spanish)

External links

• Ringmar, Erik (31 July 2019). History of International Relations: A Non-European Perspective. doi:10.11647/OBP.0074. ISBN 978-1-78374-022-2. LCCN 2019452864. OCLC 135530383.