Empires of West Asia
Every empire, dynasty, and state from West Asia in the Human Saga atlas. There are 23 in all, spanning 2700 BCE to 1925 CE.
See every empire on the map of empires over time
- Elamite Kingdom2700 BCE to 539 BCE · West Asia
- Akkadian Empire2334 BCE to 2154 BCE · West Asia
- Old Babylonian Empire1894 BCE to 1595 BCE · West Asia
- Hittite Empire1650 BCE to 1178 BCE · West Asia
- Mitanni1500 BCE to 1300 BCE · West Asia
- Phoenician City-States1200 BCE to 539 BCE · West Asia
- Neo-Assyrian Empire911 BCE to 609 BCE · West Asia
- Kingdom of Urartu860 BCE to 590 BCE · West Asia
- Median Empire678 BCE to 550 BCE · West Asia
- Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire626 BCE to 539 BCE · West Asia
- Achaemenid Empire550 BCE to 330 BCE · West Asia
- Seleucid Empire312 BCE to 63 BCE · West Asia
- Parthian Empire247 BCE to 224 CE · West Asia
- Sassanid Empire224 CE to 651 CE · West Asia
- Rashidun Caliphate632 CE to 661 CE · West Asia
- Umayyad Caliphate661 CE to 750 CE · West Asia
- Abbasid Caliphate750 CE to 1258 CE · West Asia
- Seljuk Empire1037 CE to 1194 CE · West Asia
- Mamluk Sultanate1250 CE to 1517 CE · West Asia
- Ilkhanate1256 CE to 1335 CE · West Asia
- Ottoman Empire1299 CE to 1922 CE · West Asia
- Safavid Empire1501 CE to 1736 CE · West Asia
- Qajar Iran1789 CE to 1925 CE · West Asia
Further reading
The wider story
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
Concise, expert intro to Mesopotamia, Persia and the Near East before Alexander.
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- A History of the Arab Peoples by Amazon →
A History of the Arab Peoples
The standard accessible history of the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam.
Get it on Amazon → - A History of the Modern Middle East by Amazon →
A History of the Modern Middle East
The go-to survey of the region from the late Ottoman era to the present.
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