empire
geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure
Qin dynasty
dynasty that ruled in China from 221 to 206 BC
Byzantine Empire
Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Ottoman Empire
multiethnic empire with the monarchs from the Ottoman dynasty (1299–1922)
Macedonia
ancient Hellenic kingdom
Empire of Trebizond
Byzantine Greek state on Black Sea coast
First Bulgarian Empire
medieval Bulgar-Slavic and later Bulgarian state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.
Swedish Empire
the years 1611–1721 in the history of Sweden
colonial empire
overseas possessions of a nation-state, usually a product of the European Age of Exploration
Soviet empire
informal political term used to describe the actions and power of the Soviet Union before 1991
Hatti
Empire of the Hittites
Kingdom of Pontus
Hellenistic-era kingdom centred in northern Anatolia (281 BC-62 AD)
Roman Empire
period of ancient Rome following the Republic
Gupta Empire
ancient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE–575 CE)
Holy Roman Empire
multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe (800/962–1806)
Roman Republic
period of ancient Roman civilization (509 BC–27 BC)
Russian Empire
former empire in Eurasia and North America (1721–1917)
Assyrian Empire
major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom
First French Empire
empire of Napoleon I of France, from 1804 to 1815
Spanish Empire
colonial empire governed by Spain between 1492 and 1976
Persian Empire
series of historical empires existing until year 1979 approximately at the place of the state Iran
Sikh Empire
Empire on the Indian subcontinent (1799–1849)
Mali Empire
empire in West Africa from c.1230 to 1670
Khmer Empire
802–1431 empire in Southeast Asia
Empire of Brazil
empire in South America between 1822 and 1889
Delhi Sultanate
1206–1526 empire in the Indian subcontinent
Gallic Empire
mid-3rd century breakaway state from the Roman Empire
Bulgarian Empire
medieval empire in South-Eastern Europe
Bulgarian Empire
medieval empire in South-Eastern Europe
global empire
type of empire
Club of great powers
group of empires in the ancient Near East and Egypt between 1500-1100 BC
evil empire
science fiction trope
Mongol Empire
13th- and 14th-century empire originating in Mongolia
Mughal Empire
great Turkic descent empire ruling India (1526–1857)
Empire of China
1915–1916 country
Empire of Japan
Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947
Second Bulgarian Empire
Medieval Bulgarian state (1185–1396)
Chinese Empire
imperial period of China from 220 BCE to 1912 CE
Empire of Harsha
Ancient Indian Empire
Omani Empire
Omani maritime empire (1696–1856)
Western Roman Empire
independently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire
Empire of Nicaea
successor State of the Byzantine Empire when the crusaders conquered Constantinople at Fourth Crusade of 1204
Kingdom of Norway
former Kingdom from 872 to 1397
Safavid Iran
Iran during the rule of the Safavid dynasty (1501–1736)
Seleucid Empire
Hellenistic-era Greek state in Western Asia (312–63 BC)
Ethiopian Empire
1270–1974 state in the Horn of Africa
Champa
Civilization, comprised of multiple kingdoms, sometimes unified, sometimes not, in South-East Asia
Carolingian Empire
800–843 final stage in the history of the early medieval realm of the Franks, ruled by the Carolingian dynasty
nomadic empire
non-sedentary polity