Empire

:For alternative meanings, see Empire (disambiguation)

Historical empires (with approximate dates)

• Axis Powers (1936 - 1945)
• Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere (1940 - 1945)
• Third German Reich (1933 - 1945)
• Abyssinian Empire ( - 1974)
• Achaemenid Empire (commonly known as the Persian Empire) (c. 550 - 330 BC)
• Akkadian Empire (c. 2350 - 2150 BC - the first historical empire ever)
• Arabian Empire (circa 630 - 1258)
• Assyrian Empire (c. 900 - 612 BC)
• Athenian Empire
• Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867-1918)
• Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
• Aztec Empire (1375 - 1521)
• Belgian Empire (1865 - 1962)
• Brazilian Empire (1822 - 1889)
• British Empire (circa 1583 - *)De jure**
• British Raj (1858 - 1947) (Imperial: 1877 - 1947)
• Bulgarian Empire (681 - 1018; 1185 - 1396)
• Byzantine Empire (395 - 1453)
• Central African Empire (1977 - 1979)
• Chinese Empire (221 BC - 1912)
• Danish colonial empire
• Dutch colonial empire
• Egyptian Empire (1550-1070 BC)
• Elamite Empire
• French Empire
• First French Empire (1804 - 1815)
• Second French Empire (1853 - 1871)
• French colonial empire (circa 1605 -1960s )
• German Empire (1871 - 1918)
• German colonial empire (1884 - 1918)
• Ghana Empire
• Ghaznavid Empire
• Golden Horde (1378 - 1502)
• Gupta Empire
• Haitian Empire (1804 - 1806)
• Hittite Empire (c. 1460 - 1180 BC)
• Holy Roman Empire (843 – 1806)
• Inca Empire (1438 - 1533)
• Italian Colonial Empire
• Ilkhanate (c. 1256 - 1338)
• Japanese Empire
• Khmer Empire (802 - 1462)
• Kongo Empire
• Korean Empire (1897 - 1910)
• Macedonian Empire (circa 338 B.C. - 309 B.C.)
• Magadhan Empire
• Majapahit Empire
• Mali Empire
• Malinke Empire
• Maratha Empire (1674 - 1761)
• Mauryan Empire
• Mexican Empire (1822 - 1823, 1864 - 1867)
• Mogul Empire (1526 - 1857)
• Mongol Empire (1206 - 1294)
• Old Babylonian Empire (c. 1900 - 1600 BC)
• Ottoman Empire (1281 - 1923)
• Persian Empire
• Portuguese Empire (1495 - 1975)
• Roman Empire (27 BC –AD 476)
• Russian Empire (1480 - 1917)
• Sassanian Empire (224 - 651)
• Serbian Empire (1345-1371)
• Seleucid Empire (323 BC - 60 BC)
• Seljuk Empire (c.1037 - 1194)
• Songhai Empire
• Spanish Empire (1492 - 1975)
• Swedish Empire (1561 - 1878)
• Teotihuacano Empire
• Timurid Empire (1401 - 1505)
• Tu'i Tonga Empire(950-1875?)
• Ur III Empire (c. 2100 - 2000 BC)
• Venetian Empire
• Vietnamese Empire ( - 1945)
• Vijayanagara Empire (c. 1350 - 1700)

* The United Kingdom still has many overseas territories, and also the commonwealth realms are considered to be completely self governing colonies as they recognise the British monarch as their head of state.

Related Topics:
United Kingdom - Overseas territories - Commonwealth realms - British monarch - Head of state

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** De facto, The British Empire ended in the 1960s

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• Galactic Empire of Star Wars
• Galactic Empire of Asimov

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