Empires of West Asia
Every empire, dynasty, and state from West Asia in the Human Saga atlas — 23 in all, spanning 2700 BCE to 1925 CE.
- Elamite Kingdom2700 BCE – 539 BCE · West Asia
- Akkadian Empire2334 BCE – 2154 BCE · West Asia
- Old Babylonian Empire1894 BCE – 1595 BCE · West Asia
- Hittite Empire1650 BCE – 1178 BCE · West Asia
- Mitanni1500 BCE – 1300 BCE · West Asia
- Phoenician City-States1200 BCE – 539 BCE · West Asia
- Neo-Assyrian Empire911 BCE – 609 BCE · West Asia
- Kingdom of Urartu860 BCE – 590 BCE · West Asia
- Median Empire678 BCE – 550 BCE · West Asia
- Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire626 BCE – 539 BCE · West Asia
- Achaemenid Empire550 BCE – 330 BCE · West Asia
- Seleucid Empire312 BCE – 63 BCE · West Asia
- Parthian Empire247 BCE – 224 CE · West Asia
- Sassanid Empire224 CE – 651 CE · West Asia
- Rashidun Caliphate632 CE – 661 CE · West Asia
- Umayyad Caliphate661 CE – 750 CE · West Asia
- Abbasid Caliphate750 CE – 1258 CE · West Asia
- Seljuk Empire1037 CE – 1194 CE · West Asia
- Mamluk Sultanate1250 CE – 1517 CE · West Asia
- Ilkhanate1256 CE – 1335 CE · West Asia
- Ottoman Empire1299 CE – 1922 CE · West Asia
- Safavid Empire1501 CE – 1736 CE · West Asia
- Qajar Iran1789 CE – 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 — Amazon →
A History of the Arab Peoples
The standard accessible history of the Islamic Middle East from the rise of Islam.
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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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