Nations

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

880 articles

• 319–351 CELater Zhaonorthern Chinese dynasty of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319–351)8 rulersMap
• 320–550 CEGupta Empireancient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE–575 CE)10 rulers · 2 recordsMap
• 337–370 CEFormer YanChinese Sixteen Kingdoms dynastic state (337–370)2 rulersMap
• 350–394 CEFormer Qin4th century state in northern China (350–394)4 rulers · 3 recordsMap
• 355–1634 CESaxonsconfederation of Germanic tribes on the North German Plain10 recordsMap
• 375–535 CEHunsextinct nomadic people in Eurasia (14th BC–16th centuries)13 recordsMap
• 384–417 CELater Qinhistorical Chinese state (384-417)2 rulersMap
• 384–409 CELater Yandynastic state in Northeast China (384-409 CE)10 rulersMap
• 384–394 CEWestern Yanformer country4 rulersMap
• 385–431 CEWestern QinSixteen Kingdoms dynastic Chinese state (385–400; 409–431)2 rulersMap
• 386–403 CELater Liangstate of the Sixteen Kingdoms in China (386–403)1 rulersMap
• 386–535 CENorthern Weifirst dynasty of Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386–535)21 rulers · 5 recordsMap
• 394–752 CEVisigothsGermanic people of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages27 recordsMap
• 398–410 CESouthern YanXianbei-led Chinese dynastic state (398–410)1 rulersMap
• 400–1171 CEKingdom of Leinsterkingdom in east Ireland3 recordsMap
• 401–1216 CEKingdom of Gwyneddkingdom in northwest Wales, 401–128343 rulers · 9 recordsMap
• 401–600 CEVandalsEast Germanic tribe13 recordsMap
• 409–585 CEKingdom of the SuebiGermanic kingdom in what is today Galicia, Spain, that was established by the Suebi about 410, and existed until 58519 rulers · 8 recordsMap
• 410–1833 CEKingdom of Galiciahistorical state on the Iberian Peninsula (910–1126)17 rulers · 7 recordsMap
• 410–1058 CEKingdom of Strathclydemedieval kingdom in northern Britain1 rulers · 5 recordsMap
• 411–1030 CEKingdom of Burgundyhistory of all the kingdoms and others states named Burgundy2 rulers · 1 recordsMap
• 411–534 CEKingdom of the Burgundianskingdom established by the Germanic Burgundians in the Rhineland and then in Savoy in the 5th century1 rulers · 12 recordsMap
• 420–634 CEKingdom of BerniciaAnglo-Saxon kingdom in northern Britain14 rulers · 5 recordsMap
• 420–479 CELiu Song dynastyChinese ruling dynasty from 420 to 4796 rulers · 2 recordsMap