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  2. List of empires - Wikipedia

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    This is a navigational list of empires ... Congo Free State: 1885: 1908: 23 Crimean Khanate: 1441: ... Middle Eastern empires; Political history of the world; Notes

  3. List of largest empires - Wikipedia

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    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. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]

  4. Lists of emperors - Wikipedia

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    List of Trapezuntine emperors: Empire of Thessalonica: 1224–1242 Basileus: Latin Empire: 1204–1261 Imperator: Latin Emperor: Holy Roman Empire: 800–1806 Imperator: Holy Roman Emperor: Avar Khaganate: 567–822 Khagan ("Great Khan") Bulgarian Empire 913–1018 1185–1396 Tsar: List of Bulgarian monarchs: Serbian Empire: 1346–1373 Tsar ...

  5. Empire - Wikipedia

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    Times Atlas of Empires numbers 70 empires in the world history. Niall Ferguson lists numerous parallels between them and the United States. He concludes: "To those who would still insist on American exceptionalism, the historian of empires can only retort: as exceptional as all the other 69 empires."

  6. List of ancient great powers - Wikipedia

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    The Sasanian Empire is the name used for the fourth Iranian dynasty, and the second Persian Empire (226–651). The empire's territory encompassed all of today's Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Afghanistan, eastern parts of Turkey, and parts of Syria, Pakistan, and large parts of Caucasia, Central Asia and Arabia.

  7. List of former monarchies - Wikipedia

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    Ethiopian Empire (1270–1974) Sultanate of Zanzibar (1856–1964) Central African Empire (1976–1979) The Americas. First Empire of Haiti (1804–1806) Kingdom of Haiti (1811–1820) United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (1815–1822) First Mexican Empire (1821–1823) Empire of Brazil (1822–1889) Second Empire of Haiti (1849 ...

  8. List of predecessors of sovereign states in Europe - Wikipedia

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    This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This is a list of all present sovereign states in Europe and their predecessors, according to the concept of succession of states. The political borders of ...

  9. List of kingdoms and empires in African history - Wikipedia

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    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".