Nations

States and dynasties from the earliest records to 1945: when they rose and fell, who ruled them, and what happened.

880 articles

• 37 BCE – 668 CEGoguryeoone of the Three Kingdoms of Korea (37 BC–668 AD), along with Baekje and Silla28 rulers · 9 recordsMap
• 31 BCE – 395 CERoman Empireperiod of Ancient Rome following the Republic80 rulers · 165 recordsMap
• 18 BCE – 660 CEBaekjeancient kingdom in southwestern Korea (18 BCE – 660 CE)30 rulers · 2 recordsMap
• 1 BCE – 461 CECaucasian Albaniahistorical state in the Caucasus region7 recordsMap
• 9–23 CEXin dynastyThe dynasty declared by Wang Mang during his rule over imperial China during AD 9-234 rulers · 2 recordsMap
• 30–375 CEKushan Empireempire in Central and South Asia (30–375 AD)5 rulers · 2 recordsMap
• 90–869 CETikalruins of major ancient Maya city14 rulers · 1 recordsMap
• 100–1200 CEGhana EmpireWest African empire based in modern-day Mauritania and Mali (c. 200–c. 1200s)4 recordsMap
• 192–1832 CEChampaCivilization, comprised of multiple kingdoms, sometimes unified, sometimes not, in South-East Asia4 recordsMap
• 198–280 CEEastern Wuone of the Three Kingdoms of China (222-280)4 rulers · 1 recordsMap
• 220–265 CECao Weiancient Chinese state (220–265); one of the three major states in the Three Kingdoms period, with capital at Luoyang7 rulers · 2 recordsMap
• 220–638 CEGhassanidsArab kingdom13 recordsMap
• 221–263 CEShu Hanformer Chinese state during the Three Kingdoms era2 rulers · 1 recordsMap
• 224–627 CEIndo-SassanidsBranch of Sasanian Persians ruling Bactria (c.230–c.365)13 recordsMap
• 250–500 CEVakataka empireearly 1st-millennium Indian dynasty2 rulersMap
• 251–541 CEGothsEast Germanic ethnolinguistic group2 rulers · 14 recordsMap
• 266–420 CEJin dynastyChinese dynasty (266–420)1 rulers · 5 recordsMap
• 268–602 CELakhmidsancient Arab monarchy10 recordsMap
• 270–273 CEPalmyrene Empirebreakaway state from the Roman Empire (270–273)6 recordsMap
• 275–897 CEPallava dynastyIndian dynasty between the 3rd and 9th centuries CE4 recordsMap
• 285–1453 CEByzantine EmpireRoman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages107 rulers · 550 recordsMap
• 285–476 CEWestern Roman Empireindependently administered western provinces of the Roman Empire2 rulers · 103 recordsMap
• 304–347 CECheng Hanone of the 16 Kingdoms of 4th century China with its capital at Chengdu1 rulersMap
• 304–329 CEHan ZhaoSouthern Xiongnu state (304–329)4 rulers · 3 recordsMap