Nations
States and dynasties from the earliest records to 1945: when they rose and fell, who ruled them, and what happened.
880 articles
- 420–451 CERipuarian Franksearly medieval Rhineland Franks4 recordsMap
- 426–486 CESalian Franks4th & 5th century Franks in today's Netherlands and Belgium5 recordsMap
- 435–534 CEVandal KingdomGermanic Kingdom (435-534)6 rulers · 17 recordsMap
- 450–655 CEKingdom of Deirakingdom in the north of early Anglo-Saxon Britain16 rulersMap
- 450–871 CEKingdom of KentEarly medieval kingdom in England (c.455-871)13 rulers · 3 recordsMap
- 451–512 CEOstrogothsGermanic people of late antiquity14 recordsMap
- 451–531 CEThuringiearly Germanic tribe3 recordsMap
- 457–1066 CEAnglo-Saxon Englandhistorical land roughly corresponding to present-day England46 recordsMap
- 457–486 CERomain-Gaul domain of Soissonsformer country5 recordsMap
- 461–866 CEBretonsCeltic ethnic group3 recordsMap
- 476–1945 CEItalycountry in southern Europe45 rulers · 908 recordsMap
- 476–718 CEVisigothic KingdomPeriod of Germanic rule on the Iberian Peninsula (418–720) as a successor state to the Western Roman Empire.36 rulers · 14 recordsMap
- 479–502 CESouthern QiChinese dynasty (479–502)7 rulersMap
- 481–843 CEFranciafFrankish Kingdom from 481 to 84334 rulers · 63 recordsMap
- 493–553 CEOstrogothic Kingdomkingdom established by the Ostrogoths in Italy and neighbouring areas (493-553 CE)8 rulers · 26 recordsMap
- 498–843 CEDál RiataGaelic overkingdom that included parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ulster in Ireland36 rulers · 3 recordsMap
- 500–1518 CEKingdom of MakuriaNubian kingdom in present-day Northern Sudan and Southern Egypt5 recordsMap
- 500–1160 CEKingdom of Powysmedieval kingdom in mid-Wales4 rulers · 4 recordsMap
- 500–1471 CEPrincipality of Kyivformer Ruthenian state in the regions of central Ukraine around the city of Kyiv24 rulers · 5 recordsMap
- 501–917 CEKingdom of East AngliaAnglo-Saxon kingdom in southeast Britain11 rulers · 2 recordsMap
- 502–587 CELiang dynastyChina's Southern Dynasties (502–557)5 rulersMap
- 511–751 CENeustriawestern part of the Kingdom of the Franks3 recordsMap
- 519–927 CEKingdom of WessexAnglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain25 rulers · 19 recordsMap
- 527–918 CEKingdom of Merciaone of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy29 rulers · 9 recordsMap