Empires and dynasties Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion The first Persian Empire, Various, and the largest one Achaemenid including Pasargadae, Persia 550 BC 330 BC 220 in Classical Antiquity, Empire Ecbatana, Persepolis, founded by Cyrus the Susa, Babylon Great. Afsharid Persia Mashhad 1736 1796 60 Dynasty It is well known for maintaining its Charaideo, Garhgaon, North East sovereignty for nearly 600 Ahom Dynasty Rangpur (Ahom 1228 1838 600 India years and successfully capital), Jorhat resisting Mughal expansio n in Northeast India. Akkadian 2200 Sumer Akkad 2300 BC 100 Empire BC Aksumite Succeeded by Ethiopia Axum 150 940 790 Empire the Ethiopian Empire. Akwamufie, Akwamu West Africa 1505 1867 362 Nyanoase Almohad Morocco Marrakech, Seville 1121 1269 148 Dynasty Aghmat (1040– Almoravid Morocco 1062), Marrakech(10 1040 1147 107 Dynasty 62–1147) No official capital. England, Court was generally Angevin Empire 1154 1242 88 France held at Angersand Chinon Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Armenian Tigranes the Great took Armenia Tigranakert 190 BC 428 618 Empire the title king of kings. Assyria Mesopotamia Assur, later Nineveh 2025 BC 609 BC 1119 Ashanti Empire West Africa Kumasi 1670 1902 232 Preceded by the Holy Austrian Empire Austria Vienna 1804 1867 63 Roman Empire. Often referred to as the Austria, Austria-Hungary Vienna, Budapest 1867 1918 51 "Austro-Hungarian Hungary Empire". Founded by Saladin, See Ayyubid Cairo, Damascus, Middle East 1171 1341 170 also List of Muslim Dynasty Hama empires and dynasties. The capital of Mexico, Mexico City, is Aztec Empire Mesoamerica Tenochtitlan 1428 1521 93 built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan. Babylonian 1600 See also Neo-Babylonian Mesopotamia Babylon 1900 BC 300 Empire BC Empire. North Balhae Korea, Sanggyeong 698 926 228 Successor of Goguryeo. Manchuria Also known as the Bamana Empire West Africa Ségou 1712 1861 149 Bambara Empire or Ségou Empire Overseas possessions Belgian were referred to as "the Belgium Brussels 1901 1962 61 Colonial Empire colonies" rather than an empire. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Benin Empire Nigeria Benin City 1440 1897 457 The continuation of Bornu Empire Nigeria Ngazargamu 1387 1893 506 the Kanem Empire. Established after Pedro I of Brazil declared the Empire of Brazil Brazil Rio de Janeiro 1822 1889 67 independence of Brazil from Portugal. Was a break-away state of Britannic Britain Londinium 286 296 10 the Roman Empire. See Empire also Carausian Revolt. The largest Empire in world history. Precursor to the modern Commonwealth of Nations. Empire still British Colonial United 415 as London 1603 1997 continues in the form of Empire Kingdom of 2018 British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II remains as sovereign. Governed by the Crown and part of Calcutta (1858– Indian the British Empire. British Raj 1912), New Delhi 1858 1947 89 Subcontinent Queen Victoria was (1912–1947) proclaimed Empress of India in 1876. Lasted until it became a Bruneian Not specified, Borneo 1368 1888 520 British protectorate in Empire possibly Kota Batu 1888. Founded Pliska (680–893), by Khan Asparukh. First Bulgarian Preslav (893–972), Balkans 680 1018 338 Under Tsar Simeon Empire Skopie (972–992), I became the first Ohrid (992–1018) powerful Slavic Empire. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Successor of the First Bulgarian Empire. Under Second the Bulgarian Balkans Tarnovo 1185 1422 237 Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Empire Asen IIbecame the most powerful state in the Balkans. Buyid Dynasty Persia Shiraz 934 1055 121 The eastern half of the Roman Empire. Term Eastern Roman conventionally used since Byzantine Empire (Greece, the 19th century to Anatolia, Africa, Constantinople 395 1453 1058 Empire describe the Greek- Palestine, Syria, Italy) speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages. Caliphate of Iberian Córdoba 756 1031 275 See also Islamic Empire. Córdoba Peninsula Carthaginian North Africa Carthage 814 BC 146 BC 504 Empire Chagatai Division of the Mongol Transoxania Almaliq, Qarshi 1225 1687 462 Khanate Empire. Chalukya India Badami 543 753 210 Dynasty Chera Dynasty Ancient India Vanchi Muthur 300 BC 300 600 A Tamil Empire. Various: Chola Dynasty Pazhaiyaarai, (Medieval India 850 1279 429 A Tamil Empire. Thanjavur, Cholas) Gangaikonda Denmark (and Danish Colonial See also List of former Norway 1536 - Copenhagen 1350 1953 603 Empire Danish colonies. 1814) Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Delhi Sultanate India Delhi 1206 1527 321 Durrani Empire Afghanistan Kandahar, Kabul 1747 1823 75 See also Dutch East India Dutch Empire Netherlands Amsterdam 1568 1975 407 Company and Dutch West India Company. Various, See also 18th Egyptian including Thebes, 1077 Egypt 1550 BC 473 Dynasty, 19th Empire Akhetaten, Pi- BC Dynasty & 20th Dynasty. Ramesses, Memphis Ethiopian Ethiopia Addis Ababa 1137 1974 837 Empire Mahdia (909– Fatimid Egypt 969), Cairo(969– 909 1171 262 See also Islamic Empire. Caliphate 1171) First French 1814/ France Paris 1804 10 Empire 1815 Second French France Paris 1852 1870 18 Empire End of Empire was formally recognized with French colonial the end of French France Paris 1534 1980 446 empires presence in condominium of Vanuatu (see New Hebrides). Various, Western including Soissons, Frankish Empire 250 950 700 Europe Paris, Reims, Orléans, Metz & Aachen Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Ruled by Benito Fascist Italy Italy Rome 1922 1943 21 Mussolini. Broke off from the Roman Rhineland- Gallic Empire Colonia Agrippina 260 274 14 Empire during the Crisis Palatinate of the Third Century. Southern Gaza Empire Not specified 1824 1895 71 Africa Established in 1008 as an unified kingdom. Georgian kings took title "King of Kings" and ruled over large territory Georgian Georgia Kutaisi, Tbilisi 1008 1490 482 consisting of Georgian, Empire Armenian and Muslim areas, as well as numerous client states. Officially dissolved at 1490. See also German Colonial German Empire Germany Berlin 1871 1918 47 Empire. The Empire became known in Europe and Mauritania, and Arabia as the "Ghana Ghana Empire Koumbi Saleh 790 1240 450 Western Mali Empire" by the title of its ruler (meaning "Warrior King"). Ghaznavid Afghanistan Ghazni later Lahore 963 1187 224 Dynasty Ghurid Dynasty Afghanistan Firuzkuh 1148 1215 67 Jolbon, Gungnae Predecessor Goguryeo Korea 37 BC 668 705 City, Pyongyang of Balhae and Goryeo. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Unification of the Korean Goryeo Korea Gaegyeong, Ganghwa 918 1392 474 Peninsula. Unification of Greater Nepal. State maintained Gorkha Empire Greater Nepal 1600 1850 250 as an empire between 1600 and 1840. 552–603 First empire, Göktürk 603–658 Double empire, Inner Asia Ötüken 552 747 195 Khaganate 658–681 Dark age, 681– 747 Second empire. Break-away state of Golden Horde Central Asia Sarai Batu 1240 1502 260 the Mongol Empire. Empire of Great Senegal Tekrur 1514 1776 262 Fulo The word "Moravia" did Great Moravian Central Europe Mikulčice-Valy 833 900 67 not refer only to present- Empire day Moravia. Turkish empire, Great Seljuq Aral Sea, Asia Nishapur and later 1037 1194 157 Predecessor of Empire Minor, Persia on Rey the Sultanate of Rum. Gurjara- Founded by great king India Kannauj 600 1136 660 Pratihara of Gujjars Gupta Empire India Pataliputra 320 550 230 Founded by Sri Gupta Chang'an, Luoyang, Founded by Liu Bang the Han Dynasty China 206 BC 220 426 Xuchang High Ancestor Founded Empire of Northern India Kannauj 606 647 41 by Harshavardhana; Harsha collapsed after his death. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Hephthalite Afghanistan Kabul 420 567 147 Empire 1180 Hittite Empire Anatolia Hattusa 1460 BC 280 See also Neo-Hittite. BC Referred to simply as the Roman Empire (not to be confused with the actual Roman Empire) before 1157, when it became the Holy Empire. Holy Roman Empire is attested from Holy Roman Central Europe no capital city 962 1806 844 1254. Was officially Empire known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, although this designation had fallen out of use again by the 18th century. See Holy Roman Empire § Name Hotaki Dynasty Persia Isfahan 1709 1738 29 Hoysala Empire India Belur, Halebidu 1026 1343 317 Hunnic Empire Eurasia Not specified 370 469 99 Founders of the Idrisid dynasty Morocco Fes 788 974 186 first Moroccan state. Maragheh, Tabriz, Division of the Mongol Ilkhanate Persia 1256 1335 79 Soltaniyeh Empire. Considers start of Saul's reign, through dual Kingdom of kingdoms of Israel (united Israel Jerusalem 1050 BC 586 BC 486 Israel and Judah, until monarchy) the Babylonian conquest of Judah. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Andes (Peru, Inca Empire Bolivia, Ecuador, The largest empire in pre- parts of Cusco 1438 1533 95 (Tawantinsuyo) Chile,Argentina Columbian America. and Colombia) Italian Colonial See also Imperial Italy Italy Rome 1885 1943 58 Empire (fascist). Emperor's government took control of the country in 1868. Regional hegemony in East Asia Empire of Japan Japan Tokyo 1868 1947 79 ended in 1945. The new constitution of 1947 formally abolished the empire.[1] Subdivided into two Luoyang (265–311), dynasties. Western Jìn Jin dynasty China Chang'an (312–316), 265 420 155 Dynasty, (265–316) (265–420) Jiankang (317–420) Eastern Jìn Dynasty (317–420). Also known as Northern the Jurchens, were the Jin dynasty Huining, Zhongdu, China, 1115 1234 119 ancestors of the Manchus (1115–1234) Kaifeng Manchuria who established the Qing Dynasty. Also known as the Wollof Empire. Succeeded by Jolof Empire West Africa Linguère 1350 1549 199 the Kingdom of Jolof (1549–1875). Also written Gabu, Kaabu Empire West Africa Kansala 1537 1867 330 Ngabou, and N’Gabu'. Kanem Empire Chad Njimi 700 1387 687 Replaced the Shunga Kanva Dynasty India Pataliputra, Vidisha 75 BC 30 BC 45 Empire. Dura Empire Origin Capital From To Note tion Kara-Khanid First Turkic dynasty to Turkistan Kashgar 840 1212 372 Khanate embrace Islam.