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This is a list of kingdoms and royal dynasties, organized by geographic region. Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification.
Angevin Empire: 1154: 1242: 88 Aq Qoyunlu: 1378: 1503: 125 Armenian Empire: 331 BC: 428: 618 Ashanti Empire: 1670: 1902: 232 Assyrian Empire: 2025 BC: 609 BC: 1416 Aulikara Empire: 350: 545: 195 Austria-Hungary: 1867: 1918: 51 Austrian Empire: 1804: 1867: 63 Avar Khaganate: 567 822 255 Ayutthaya Kingdom: 1351: 1767: 416 Ayyubid Dynasty: 1171: ...
There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
The Han Empire was divided into areas directly controlled by the central government, known as commanderies, and a number of semi-autonomous kingdoms. These kingdoms gradually lost all vestiges of their independence, particularly following the Rebellion of the Seven States.
The home and colonial areas of the world's empires in 1908, as given by The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer. Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed.
This list includes defunct and extant monarchical dynasties of sovereign and non-sovereign statuses at the national and subnational levels. Monarchical polities each ruled by a single family—that is, a dynasty, although not explicitly styled as such, like the Golden Horde and the Qara Qoyunlu—are included.
Frankish Empire: Tournai, Paris Kingdom/Empire 481–843 AD Holland: The Hague Countship 11th century–1795 AD Holy Roman Empire: No official Empire 962–1806 AD Lorraine: Nancy Dukedom 959–1766 AD Lotharingia: Kingdom 855–959 AD Middle Francia: Aachen Kingdom 843–855 AD Normandy: Rouen Duchy 911–1259 AD Old Saxony: Dukedom 758–804 ...
The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: ... Mali Empire (1300, 1450) [3] Kingdom of France (since 1300) [13 ...