All empires

Every empire, dynasty and state in the atlas, 163 in all, grouped by region. Tap any to read its history, or see them on the map of empires over time.

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• Portuguese Empire
  1415 CE to 1999 CE
• Samanid Empire
  819 CE to 999 CE
• Songhai Empire
  1464 CE to 1591 CE
• Dutch Empire
  1581 CE to 1975 CE
• Austrian Empire / Austria-Hungary
  1804 CE to 1918 CE
• Zhou Dynasty
  1046 BCE to 256 BCE
• Safavid Empire
  1501 CE to 1736 CE
• Kilwa Sultanate
  957 CE to 1505 CE
• Sukhothai Kingdom
  1238 CE to 1438 CE
• Lan Xang
  1353 CE to 1707 CE
• Indo-Greek Kingdom
  180 BCE to 10 CE
• Dvaravati
  575 CE to 1100 CE
• Dzungar Khanate
  1634 CE to 1758 CE
• Aceh Sultanate
  1496 CE to 1903 CE
• Shunga Empire
  185 BCE to 73 BCE
• Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe
  1220 CE to 1450 CE
• Kingdom of Ayutthaya
  1351 CE to 1767 CE
• Toungoo Empire
  1510 CE to 1752 CE
• Korean Empire
  1897 CE to 1910 CE
• Merina Kingdom (Madagascar)
  1787 CE to 1897 CE
• Soviet Union
  1922 CE to 1991 CE
• Byzantine Empire
  330 CE to 1453 CE
• Tang Dynasty
  618 CE to 907 CE
• Song Dynasty
  960 CE to 1279 CE
• Mongol Empire
  1206 CE to 1368 CE
• Aztec Empire
  1428 CE to 1521 CE
• Abbasid Caliphate
  750 CE to 1258 CE
• British Empire
  1583 CE to 1997 CE
• Umayyad Caliphate
  661 CE to 750 CE
• Ottoman Empire
  1299 CE to 1922 CE
• Inca Empire
  1438 CE to 1533 CE
• Russian Empire
  1721 CE to 1917 CE
• French Colonial Empire (Second)
  1830 CE to 1962 CE
• Spanish Empire
  1492 CE to 1976 CE
• Empire of Japan
  1868 CE to 1947 CE
• German Empire
  1871 CE to 1918 CE

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