Empire Start year End year Duration (years) Achaemenid Empire [ 1] 550 BC 330 BC 220 Afsharid Iran [ 2] 1736 1796 60 Akkadian Empire [ 3] 2334 BC 2154 BC 180 Akwamu [ 4] 1629 1867 238 Angevin Empire [ 5] 1154 1242 88 Aq Qoyunlu [ 6] 1467 [ 6] 1508 [ 6] 41 Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity) [ 7] 331 BC 428 618 Asante Empire [ 8] 1670 1902 232 Assyrian Empire [ 9] 2025 BC 609 BC 1416 Aulikara Empire [ 10] 528 550 22 Austria-Hungary [ 11] 1867 1918 51 Austrian Empire [ 12] 1804 1867 63 Avar Khaganate [ 13] 567 822 255 Ayutthaya Kingdom [ 14] 1351 1767 416 Aztec Empire [ 15] 1325 1521 196 Old Babylonian Empire [ 16] 1894 BC [ 17] [ 18] 1595 BC 299 Neo-Babylonian Empire [ 19] 626 BC 539 BC 87 Bamana Empire [ 20] 1712 1861 149 Belgian colonial empire [ 21] 1908 1962 55 Kingdom of Benin [ 22] 1180 1897 717 Empire of Brazil [ 23] 1822 1889 67 Britannic Empire [ 24] 286 296 10 British Empire [ 25] 1583 1997 414 British Raj (Indian Empire) [ 26] 1858 1947 89 Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888) [ 27] 1368 1888 520 Old Great Bulgaria [ 28] 632 668 36 First Bulgarian Empire [ 29] 681 1018 337 Second Bulgarian Empire [ 30] 1185 1396 211 Byzantine Empire [ 30] 395 1453 1058 Carolingian Empire [ 31] 800 888 88 Carthaginian Empire [ 32] 814 BC 146 BC 668 Central African Empire [ 33] 1976 1979 3 Chenla [ citation needed ] 550 802 252 Chimor [ 34] 900 1470 570 Chola Empire [ 35] 848 1279 431 Athenian Empire [ 36] 454 BC 404 BC 50 Danish colonial empire [ 37] 1536 1953 417 Durrani Empire [ 38] 1747 1842 95 Dutch colonial empire [ 39] 1595 1975 380 Dzungar Khanate [ 40] 1634 1758 124 Empire of Charles V [ 41] 1519 1556 37 New Kingdom of Egypt [ 42] 1550 BC 1077 BC 473 Elamite Empire [ 43] 1210 BC 1100 BC 110 Ethiopian Empire [ 44] 1270 1974 704 First French Empire [ 45] 1804 1815 11 Second French Empire [ 46] 1852 1870 18 French colonial empire [ 47] 1534 1980 446 Funan [ 48] 50 550 500 Gallic Empire [ 49] 260 274 14 Gaza Empire [ 50] 1824 1895 71 German colonial empire [ 51] 1884 1920 36 German Empire [ 52] 1871 1919 48 German Empire (1848–1849) [ citation needed ] 1848 1849 1 Ghana Empire [ 53] 830 1235 405 Ghaznavid Empire [ 54] 977 1186 209 Goguryeo [ 55] 37 BC 668 705 Goryeo [ citation needed ] 918 1392 474 Golden Horde [ 56] 1240 1502 262 Grand Duchy of Lithuania [ 57] 1236 1795 559 Empire of Great Fulo [ citation needed ] 1512 1776 264 Gupta Empire [ 58] 320 550 230 Habsburg monarchy [ 59] 1282 1918 636 First Empire of Haiti [ 60] 1804 1806 2 Second Empire of Haiti [ 61] 1849 1859 10 Han dynasty [ 62] 202 BC 220 AD 422 Hephthalite Empire [ 63] 440 560 120 Hittite Empire [ 64] 1600 BC 1178 BC 422 Holy Roman Empire [ 65] 962 1806 844 Hoysala Kingdom [ 66] 1026 1343 317 Hunnic Empire [ 67] 370 469 99 Iberian Union [ 68] 1580 1640 60 Ilkhanate [ 56] 1256 1335 79 Inca Empire [ 69] 1438 1572 134 Italian Empire [ 70] 1882 1960 78 Empire of Japan [ 71] 1868 1947 79 Jin dynasty (266–420) [ 72] 266 420 154 Jin dynasty (1115–1234) [ 73] 1115 1234 119 Jolof Empire [ 74] 1350 1549 199 Kaabu [ 75] 1537 1867 330 Kanem–Bornu Empire [ 76] c. 7001893 1193 Khmer Empire [ 77] 802 1431 629 Khwarazmian Empire [ 78] 1077 1231 154 Kingdom of Georgia [ 79] 1008 1490 482 Kong Empire [ 80] 1710 1898 188 Korean Empire [ 81] 1897 1910 13 Kushan Empire [ 62] 30 345 315 Kingdom of Kush [ 82] 1077 BC 350 1427 Latin Empire [ 83] 1204 1261 57 Liao dynasty [ 73] 907 1125 218 Macedonia [ 84] 808 BC 148 BC 660 Majapahit [ 85] 1293 1527 234 Mali Empire [ 75] 1235 1670 435 Maratha Confederacy [ 86] 1674 1818 144 Massina Empire [ 87] 1820 1862 42 Maurya Empire [ 43] 321 BC 185 BC 136 Median Empire (disputed) [ 88] 678 BC 550 BC 128 First Mexican Empire [ 89] 1821 1823 2 Second Mexican Empire [ 90] 1864 1867 3 Ming dynasty [ 91] 1368 1644 276 Mongol Empire [ 92] 1206 1368 162 Great Moravia [ 31] 833 907 74 Mughal Empire [ 86] 1526 1857 331 Nanda Empire [ 93] 345 BC 321 BC 24 Nazi Germany [ 94] 1933 1945 12 Kingdom of Nepal [ 95] 1768 2008 240 Neo-Sumerian Empire [ 96] 2112 BC 2004 BC 108 North Sea Empire [ 97] 1013 1042 29 Empire of Nicaea [ 79] 1204 1261 57 Odrysian kingdom [ 98] 480 BC 30 BC 450 Omani Empire [ 99] 1696 1856 158 Ostrogothic Kingdom [ 100] 493 553 60 Ottoman Empire [ 101] 1299 1922 623 Oyo Empire [ 102] 1300 1896 596 Pagan kingdom [ 103] 849 1287 438 Pala Empire [ 104] 750 1161 411 Palmyrene Empire [ 105] 270 273 3 Parthian Empire [ 42] 247 BC 224 471 Kingdom of Pontus [ 106] 281 BC 62 342 Portuguese Empire [ 69] 1415 1999 584 Ptolemaic Kingdom [ 107] 305 BC 30 BC 275 Purépecha Empire [ 108] 1300 1530 [ 109] 230 Qara Khitai [ 110] 1124 1218 94 Qing dynasty [ 111] 1644 1912 268 Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932) [ 112] 1782 1932 150 Roman Empire [ 67] 27 BC 395 422 Rozvi Empire [ 113] 1660 1866 206 Russian Empire [ 40] 1721 1917 196 Safavid Iran [ 114] 1501 1736 235 Samo's Empire [ 115] 631 658 27 Sasanian Empire [ 42] 224 651 427 Samanid Empire [ 116] 819 999 180 Seleucid Empire [ 117] 312 BC 63 BC 249 Seljuk Empire [ 118] 1037 1194 157 Serbian Empire [ 119] 1346 1371 25 Shu Han [ citation needed ] 221 263 42 Sikh Empire [ 120] 1799 1849 50 Singhasari [ citation needed ] 1222 1292 70 Song dynasty [ 73] 960 1279 319 Songhai Empire [ 87] 1464 1591 127 Spanish Empire [ 69] 1492 1976 496 Shunga Empire [ 121] 185 BC 73 BC 112 Sur Empire [ 122] 1540 1556 16 Swedish Empire [ 123] 1523 1809 286 Tang dynasty [ 91] 618 907 289 Tây Sơn dynasty [ citation needed ] 1778 1802 24 Empire of Thessalonica [ 79] 1224 1242 18 Tibetan Empire [ 124] 755 842 87 Timurid Empire [ 125] 1370 1507 137 Empire of Trebizond [ 79] 1204 1461 257 Toltec Empire [ 126] 496 1122 626 Tuʻi Tonga Empire [ 127] 950 1865 915 Tukulor Empire [ 128] 1852 1893 41 First Turkic Khaganate [ 129] 551 744 193 Empire of Vietnam [ 130] March 1945 August 1945 0 (5 Months) Vijayanagara Empire [ 43] 1336 1646 310 Wari Empire [ 131] 600 1100 500 Wassoulou Empire [ 132] 1878 1898 20 Western Chalukya Empire [ 133] 975 1184 209 Western Roman Empire [ 134] 395 476 81 Yuan dynasty [ 92] 1260 1368 108 Zhou dynasty [ 135] 1046 BC 256 BC 790