List of empires

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## Empires

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Empire  | Start year  | End year  | Duration (years)

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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
United States of America[5] (disputed)[6] | 1776  | present  | 249
Angevin Empire[7] | 1154 | 1242 | 88
Aq Qoyunlu[8] | 1467[8] | 1508[8] | 41
Armenian Empire of Tigranes the Great[9] | 89 BC[10] | 55 BC[10] | 34
Asante Empire[11] | 1670 | 1902 | 232
Aulikara Empire[12] | 528 | 550 | 22
Austria-Hungary[13] | 1867 | 1918 | 51
Austrian Empire[14] | 1804 | 1867 | 63
Avar Khaganate[15] | 567  | 822  | 255
Ayutthaya Kingdom[16] | 1351 | 1767 | 416
Aztec Empire[17] | 1325 | 1521 | 196
Old Babylonian Empire[18] | 1894 BC[19][20] | 1595 BC | 299
Neo-Babylonian Empire[21] | 626 BC | 539 BC | 87
Bamana Empire[22] | 1712 | 1861 | 149
Belgian colonial empire[23] | 1908 | 1962 | 55
Kingdom of Benin[24] | 1180 | 1897 | 717
Empire of Brazil[25] | 1822 | 1889 | 67
Britannic Empire[26] | 286 | 296 | 10
British Empire[27] | 1583 | 1997 | 414
British Raj (Indian Empire)[28] | 1858 | 1947 | 89
Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)[29] | 1368 | 1888 | 520
Old Great Bulgaria[30] | 632 | 668 | 36
First Bulgarian Empire[31] | 681 | 1018 | 337
Second Bulgarian Empire[32] | 1185 | 1396 | 211
Byzantine Empire[32] | 395 | 1453 | 1058
Carolingian Empire[33] | 800  | 888  | 88
Carthaginian Empire[34] | 814 BC | 146 BC | 668
Central African Empire[35] | 1976  | 1979  | 3
Chenla[citation needed] | 550 | 802 | 252
Chimor[36] | 900 | 1470 | 570
Chola Empire[37] | 848 | 1279 | 431
Athenian Empire[38] | 454 BC | 404 BC | 50
Danish colonial empire[39] | 1536 | 1953 | 417
Durrani Empire[40] | 1747 | 1842 | 95
Dutch colonial empire[41] | 1595 | 1975 | 380
Dzungar Khanate[42] | 1634  | 1758  | 124
Empire of Charles V[43] | 1519 | 1556 | 37
New Kingdom of Egypt[44] | 1550 BC | 1077 BC | 473
Elamite Empire[45] | 1210 BC | 1100 BC | 110
Ethiopian Empire[46] | 1270 | 1974 | 704
First French Empire[47] | 1804 | 1815 | 11
Second French Empire[48] | 1852 | 1870 | 18
French colonial empire[49] | 1534 | 1814 | 280
1830  | 1980  | 150
Funan[50] | 50 | 550 | 500
Gallic Empire[51] | 260 | 274 | 14
Gaza Empire[52] | 1824 | 1895 | 71
German colonial empire[53] | 1884 | 1920 | 36
German Empire[54] | 1871 | 1919 | 48
German Empire (1848–1849)[citation needed] | 1848 | 1849 | 1
Ghana Empire[55] | 830 | 1235 | 405
Ghaznavid Empire[56] | 977 | 1186 | 209
Goguryeo[57] | 37 BC | 668 | 705
Goryeo[citation needed] | 918 | 1392 | 474
Golden Horde[58] | 1240 | 1502 | 262
Grand Duchy of Lithuania[59] | 1236 | 1795 | 559
Empire of Great Fulo[citation needed] | 1512 | 1776 | 264
Gupta Empire[60] | 320 | 550 | 230
Habsburg monarchy[61] | 1282 | 1918 | 636
First Empire of Haiti[62] | 1804 | 1806 | 2
Second Empire of Haiti[63] | 1849 | 1859 | 10
Han dynasty[64] | 202 BC  | 220 AD  | 422
Hephthalite Empire[65] | 440 | 560 | 120
Hittite Empire[66] | 1600 BC | 1178 BC | 422
Holy Roman Empire[67] | 800/962 | 1806 | 1006/844
Hoysala Kingdom[68] | 1026 | 1343 | 317
Hunnic Empire[69] | 370 | 469 | 99
Iberian Union[70] | 1580 | 1640 | 60
Ilkhanate[58] | 1256 | 1335 | 79
Inca Empire[71] | 1438 | 1572 | 134
Italian Empire[72] | 1882 | 1960 | 78
Empire of Japan[73] | 1868 | 1947 | 79
Jin dynasty (266–420)[74] | 266 | 420 | 154
Jin dynasty (1115–1234)[75] | 1115  | 1234  | 119
Jolof Empire[76] | 1350 | 1549 | 199
Kaabu[77] | 1537 | 1867 | 330
Kanem–Bornu Empire[78] | c. 700 | 1893 | 1193
Khmer Empire[79] | 802 | 1431 | 629
Khwarazmian Empire[80] | 1077 | 1231 | 154
Kingdom of Georgia[81] | 1008  | 1490  | 482
Kong Empire[82] | 1710 | 1898 | 188
Korean Empire[83] | 1897 | 1910 | 13
Kushan Empire[64] | 30 | 345 | 315
Kingdom of Kush[84] | 780 BC | 350 | 1130
Latin Empire[85] | 1204 | 1261 | 57
Liao dynasty[75] | 907  | 1125  | 218
Macedonia[86] | 808 BC | 148 BC | 660
Majapahit[87] | 1293 | 1527 | 234
Mali Empire[77] | 1235 | 1670 | 435
Maratha Confederacy[88] | 1674 | 1818 | 144
Massina Empire[89] | 1820 | 1862 | 42
Maurya Empire[45] | 321 BC | 185 BC | 136
Median Empire (disputed)[90] | 678 BC | 550 BC | 128
First Mexican Empire[91] | 1821 | 1823 | 2
Second Mexican Empire[92] | 1864 | 1867 | 3
Middle Assyrian Empire[93] | 1363 BC[93] | 1056 BC[93] | 307
Ming dynasty[94] | 1368 | 1644 | 276
Mongol Empire[95] | 1206 | 1368 | 162
Great Moravia[33] | 833 | 907 | 74
Mughal Empire[88] | 1526 | 1857 | 331
Nanda Empire[96] | 345 BC | 321 BC | 24
Nazi Germany[97] | 1933 | 1945 | 12
Kingdom of Nepal[98] | 1768 | 2008 | 240
Neo-Assyrian Empire[99] | 911 BC[99] | 609 BC[99] | 302
Neo-Sumerian Empire[100] | 2112 BC | 2004 BC | 108
North Sea Empire[101] | 1013 | 1042 | 29
Empire of Nicaea[81] | 1204 | 1261 | 57
Odrysian kingdom[102] | 480 BC | 30 BC | 450
Omani Empire[103] | 1696 | 1856 | 158
Ostrogothic Kingdom[104] | 493 | 553 | 60
Ottoman Empire[105] | 1299 | 1922 | 623
Oyo Empire[106] | 1300 | 1896 | 596
Pagan kingdom[107] | 849 | 1287 | 438
Pala Empire[108] | 750 | 1161 | 411
Palmyrene Empire[109] | 270 | 273 | 3
Parthian Empire[44] | 247 BC | 224 | 471
Kingdom of Pontus[110] | 281 BC | 62 | 342
Portuguese Empire[71] | 1415 | 1999 | 584
Ptolemaic Kingdom[111] | 305 BC | 30 BC | 275
Purépecha Empire[112] | 1300  | 1530[113] | 230
Qara Khitai[114] | 1124 | 1218 | 94
Qing dynasty[115] | 1644 | 1912 | 268
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)[116] | 1782 | 1932 | 150
Roman Empire[69] | 27 BC | 395 | 422
Rozvi Empire[117] | 1660 | 1866 | 206
Russian Empire[42] | 1721 | 1917 | 196
Safavid Iran[118] | 1501 | 1736 | 235
Samo's Empire[119] | 631 | 658 | 27
Sasanian Empire[44] | 224 | 651 | 427
Samanid Empire[120] | 819 | 999 | 180
Seleucid Empire[121] | 312 BC | 63 BC | 249
Seljuk Empire[122] | 1037 | 1194 | 157
Serbian Empire[123] | 1346 | 1371 | 25
Shu Han[citation needed] | 221 | 263 | 42
Sikh Empire[124] | 1799 | 1849 | 50
Singhasari[citation needed] | 1222  | 1292  | 70
Song dynasty[75] | 960 | 1279 | 319
Songhai Empire[89] | 1464 | 1591 | 127
Spanish Empire[71] | 1492 | 1976 | 496
Shunga Empire[125] | 185 BC | 73 BC | 112
Sur Empire[126] | 1540 | 1556 | 16
Swedish Empire[127] | 1523 | 1809 | 286
Tang dynasty[94] | 618  | 907  | 289
Tây Sơn dynasty[citation needed] | 1778 | 1802 | 24
Empire of Thessalonica[81] | 1224 | 1242 | 18
Tibetan Empire[128] | 755 | 842 | 87
Timurid Empire[129] | 1370 | 1507 | 137
Empire of Trebizond[81] | 1204 | 1461 | 257
Toltec Empire[130] | 496 | 1122 | 626
Tuʻi Tonga Empire[131] | 950 | 1865 | 915
Tukulor Empire[132] | 1852 | 1893 | 41
First Turkic Khaganate[133] | 551 | 744 | 193
Empire of Vietnam[134] | March 1945 | August 1945 | 0 (5 Months)
Vijayanagara Empire[45] | 1336 | 1646 | 310
Wari Empire[135] | 600 | 1100 | 500
Wassoulou Empire[136] | 1878 | 1898 | 20
Western Chalukya Empire[137] | 975 | 1184 | 209
Western Roman Empire[69] | 395 | 476 | 81
Yuan dynasty[95] | 1260  | 1368  | 108
Zhou dynasty[138] | 1046 BC | 256 BC | 790

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* Historic recurrence
* 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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