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For list of empires by size, see list of largest empires.

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Empires

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Empire Start year End year Duration (years)
Achaemenid Empire 550 BC 330 BC 220
Afsharid Iran 1736 1796 60
Akkadian Empire 2334 BC 2154 BC 180
Akwamu 1629 1867 238
Angevin Empire 1154 1242 88
Aq Qoyunlu 1378 1503 125
Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) 331 BC 428 618
Asante Empire 1670 1957 226
Assyrian Empire 2025 BC 609 BC 1416
Aulikara Empire 528 550 22
Austria-Hungary 1867 1918 51
Austrian Empire 1804 1867 63
Avar Khaganate 567 822 255
Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 1767 416
Aztec Empire 1325 1521 196
Old Babylonian Empire 1894 BC[1][2] 1595 BC 299
Neo-Babylonian Empire 626 BC 539 BC 87
Bamana Empire 1712 1861 149
Belgian colonial empire 1908 1962 55
Kingdom of Benin 1180 1897 717
Empire of Brazil 1822 1889 67
Britannic Empire 286 296 10
British Empire 1583 1997 414
British Raj 1858 1947 89
Bruneian Sultanate (1368–1888) 1368 1888 520
Old Great Bulgaria 632 668 36
First Bulgarian Empire 681 1018 337
Second Bulgarian Empire 1185 1396 211
Byzantine Empire 395 1453 1058
Carthaginian Empire 814 BC 146 BC 668
Central African Empire 1976 1979 3
Chenla 550 802 252
Chimor 900 1470 570
Chola Empire 848 1279 431
Classical Athens 508 BC 322 BC 180
Danish colonial empire 1536 1953 417
Durrani Empire 1747 1842 95
Dutch colonial empire 1595 1975 380
Empire of Charles V 1519 1556 37
New Kingdom of Egypt 1550 BC 1077 BC 473
Elamite Empire 1210 BC 1100 BC 110
Ethiopian Empire 1270 1974 704
First French Empire 1804 1815 11
Second French Empire 1852 1870 18
French colonial empire 1534 1980/present 446/489
Francia 481 843 362
Funan 50 550 500
Gallic Empire 260 274 14
Gaza Empire 1824 1895 71
Genoese Republic 1005 1797 792
German colonial empire 1884 1920 36
German Empire 1871 1919 48
German Empire (1848–1849) 1848 1849 1
Ghana Empire 830 1235 405
Ghaznavid Empire 977 1186 209
Goguryeo 37 BC 668 705
Goryeo 918 1392 474
Golden Horde 1240 1502 262
Grand Duchy of Lithuania 1236 1795 559
Empire of Great Fulo 1512 1776 264
Gupta Empire 320 550 230
Habsburg monarchy 1282 1918 636
First Empire of Haiti 1804 1806 2
Second Empire of Haiti 1849 1859 10
Hephthalite Empire 440 560 120
Hittite Empire 1600 BC 1178 BC 422
Holy Roman Empire 962 1806 844
Hospitaller colonial empire 1651 1665 14
Hoysala Kingdom 1026 1343 317
Hunnic Empire 370 469 99
Kingdom of Hungary 1000 1918 918
Iberian Union 1580 1640 60
Inca Empire 1438 1572 134
Italian Empire 1882 1960 78
Empire of Japan 1868 1947 79
Jolof Empire 1350 1549 199
Kaabu 1537 1867 330
Kanem–Bornu Empire c. 700 1893 1193
Khmer Empire 802 1431 629
Khwarazmian Empire 1077 1231 154
Kingdom of Georgia 1008 1490 482
Kong Empire 1710 1898 188
Korean Empire 1897 1910 13
Kushan Empire 30 345 315
Kingdom of Kush 1077 BC 350 1427
Latin Empire 1204 1261 57
Macedonia 808 BC 148 BC 660
Majapahit 1293 1527 234
Mali Empire 1235 1670 435
Maratha Confederacy 1674 1818 144
Massina Empire 1820 1862 42
Maurya Empire 321 BC 185 BC 136
Median kingdom 678 BC 550 BC 128
First Mexican Empire 1821 1823 2
Second Mexican Empire 1864 1867 3
Mongol Empire 1206 1368 162
Great Moravia 833 907 74
Mughal Empire 1526 1857 331
Nanda Empire 345 BC 321 BC 24
Nazi Germany 1933 1945 12
Kingdom of Nepal 1768 2008 240
Neo-Sumerian Empire 2112 BC 2004 BC 108
North Sea Empire 1013 1042 29
Empire of Nicaea 1204 1261 57
Odrysian kingdom 480 BC 30 BC 450
Omani Empire 1696 1856 158
Ostrogothic Kingdom 493 553 60
Ottoman Empire 1299 1922 623
Oyo Empire 1300 1896 596
Pagan kingdom 849 1287 438
Pala Empire 750 1161 411
Palmyrene Empire 270 273 3
Parthian Empire 247 BC 224 471
Kingdom of Pontus 281 BC 62 342
Portuguese Empire 1415 1999 584
Ptolemaic Kingdom 305 BC 30 BC 275
Purépecha Empire 1300 1530[3] 230
Qara Khitai 1124 1218 94
Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) 1782 1932 150
Roman Empire 27 BC 395 422
Rozvi Empire 1660 1866 206
Russian Empire 1721 1917 196
Safavid Iran 1501 1736 235
Samo's Empire 631 658 27
Sasanian Empire 224 651 427
Samanid Empire 819 999 180
Seleucid Empire 312 BC 63 BC 249
Seljuk Empire 1037 1194 157
Serbian Empire 1346 1371 25
Shu Han 221 263 42
Sikh Empire 1799 1849 50
Singhasari 1222 1292 70
Songhai Empire 1464 1591 127
Spanish Empire 1492 1976 496
Shunga Empire 185 BC 73 BC 112
Sur Empire 1540 1556 16
Swedish Empire 1523 1809 286
Empire of Thessalonica 1224 1242 18
Tibetan Empire 755 842 87
Timurid Empire 1370 1507 137
Empire of Trebizond 1204 1461 257
Toltec Empire 496 1122 626
Tuʻi Tonga Empire 950 1865 915
Tukulor Empire 1852 1893 41
First Turkic Khaganate 551 744 193
Empire of Vietnam March 1945 August 1945 0 (5 Months)
Vijayanagara Empire 1336 1646 310
Wari Empire (debated) 600 1100 500
Wassoulou Empire 1878 1898 20
Western Chalukya Empire 975 1184 209
Western Roman Empire 395 476 81

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Aliraqi - Babylonian Empire". Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Babylonian Empire - Livius".
  3. ^ Relación de Michoacán, complete text (in Spanish)
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