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  United States of America   [ 5]   (disputed) [ 6]   1776 present 249  Angevin Empire   [ 7]   1154 1242 88  Aq Qoyunlu   [ 8]   1467 [ 8]   1508 [ 8]   41  Armenian Empire  of Tigranes the Great   [ 9]   89  BC  [ 10]  55  BC  [ 10]  34  Asante Empire   [ 11]   1670 1902 232  Aulikara Empire   [ 12]   528 550 22  Austria-Hungary   [ 13]   1867 1918 51  Austrian Empire   [ 14]   1804 1867 63  Avar Khaganate   [ 15]   567 822 255  Ayutthaya Kingdom   [ 16]   1351 1767 416  Aztec Empire   [ 17]   1325 1521 196 Old Babylonian Empire   [ 18]  1894  BC  [ 19]   [ 20]  1595  BC 299  Neo-Babylonian Empire   [ 21]   626  BC 539  BC 87  Bamana Empire   [ 22]   1712 1861 149  Belgian colonial empire   [ 23]   1908 1962 55  Kingdom of Benin   [ 24]   1180 1897 717  Empire of Brazil   [ 25]   1822 1889 67  Britannic Empire   [ 26]   286 296 10  British Empire   [ 27]   1583 1997 414  British Raj  (Indian Empire) [ 28]   1858 1947 89  Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)   [ 29]   1368 1888 520  Old Great Bulgaria   [ 30]   632 668 36  First Bulgarian Empire   [ 31]   681 1018 337  Second Bulgarian Empire   [ 32]   1185 1396 211  Byzantine Empire   [ 32]   395 1453 1058  Carolingian Empire   [ 33]   800 888 88 Carthaginian Empire   [ 34]  814  BC 146  BC 668  Central African Empire   [ 35]   1976 1979 3  Chenla  [  citation needed  ]  550 802 252  Chimor   [ 36]   900 1470 570  Chola Empire   [ 37]   848 1279 431  Athenian Empire   [ 38]   454 BC 404 BC 50 Danish colonial empire   [ 39]  1536 1953 417  Durrani Empire   [ 40]   1747 1842 95  Dutch colonial empire   [ 41]   1595 1975 380  Dzungar Khanate   [ 42]   1634 1758 124 Empire of Charles V   [ 43]  1519 1556 37  New Kingdom of Egypt   [ 44]   1550  BC 1077  BC 473  Elamite Empire   [ 45]   1210  BC 1100  BC 110  Ethiopian Empire   [ 46]   1270 1974 704 First French Empire   [ 47]  1804 1815 11  Second French Empire   [ 48]   1852 1870 18  French colonial empire   [ 49]   1534 1814 280 1830 1980 150  Funan   [ 50]   50 550 500 Gallic Empire   [ 51]  260 274 14  Gaza Empire   [ 52]   1824 1895 71  German colonial empire   [ 53]   1884 1920 36  German Empire   [ 54]   1871 1919 48  German Empire (1848–1849)  [  citation needed  ]  1848 1849 1  Ghana Empire   [ 55]   830 1235 405  Ghaznavid Empire   [ 56]   977 1186 209  Goguryeo   [ 57]   37  BC 668 705  Goryeo  [  citation needed  ]  918 1392 474  Golden Horde   [ 58]   1240 1502 262  Grand Duchy of Lithuania   [ 59]   1236 1795 559  Empire of Great Fulo  [  citation needed  ]  1512 1776 264  Gupta Empire   [ 60]   320 550 230 Habsburg monarchy   [ 61]  1282 1918 636  First Empire of Haiti   [ 62]   1804 1806 2  Second Empire of Haiti   [ 63]   1849 1859 10  Han dynasty   [ 64]   202 BC 220 AD 422  Hephthalite Empire   [ 65]   440 560 120  Hittite Empire   [ 66]   1600  BC 1178  BC 422  Holy Roman Empire   [ 67]   800/962 1806 1006/844  Hoysala Kingdom   [ 68]   1026 1343 317  Hunnic Empire   [ 69]   370 469 99 Iberian Union   [ 70]  1580 1640 60  Ilkhanate   [ 58]   1256 1335 79  Inca Empire   [ 71]   1438 1572 134  Italian Empire   [ 72]   1882 1960 78 Empire of Japan   [ 73]  1868 1947 79  Jin dynasty (266–420)   [ 74]   266 420 154  Jin dynasty (1115–1234)   [ 75]   1115 1234 119  Jolof Empire   [ 76]   1350 1549 199  Kaabu   [ 77]   1537 1867 330  Kanem–Bornu Empire   [ 78]   c.   7001893 1193  Khmer Empire   [ 79]   802 1431 629  Khwarazmian Empire   [ 80]   1077 1231 154  Kingdom of Georgia   [ 81]   1008 1490 482  Kong Empire   [ 82]   1710 1898 188  Korean Empire   [ 83]   1897 1910 13  Kushan Empire   [ 64]   30 345 315  Kingdom of Kush   [ 84]   780  BC 350 1130 Latin Empire   [ 85]  1204 1261 57  Liao dynasty   [ 75]   907 1125 218 Macedonia   [ 86]  808  BC 148  BC 660  Majapahit   [ 87]   1293 1527 234  Mali Empire   [ 77]   1235 1670 435  Maratha Confederacy   [ 88]   1674 1818 144  Massina Empire   [ 89]   1820 1862 42  Maurya Empire   [ 45]   321  BC 185  BC 136  Median Empire  (disputed) [ 90]   678  BC 550  BC 128  First Mexican Empire   [ 91]   1821 1823 2  Second Mexican Empire   [ 92]   1864 1867 3  Middle Assyrian Empire   [ 93]   1363  BC  [ 93]  1056  BC  [ 93]  307  Ming dynasty   [ 94]   1368 1644 276  Mongol Empire   [ 95]   1206 1368 162  Great Moravia   [ 33]   833 907 74  Mughal Empire   [ 88]   1526 1857 331 Nanda Empire   [ 96]  345  BC 321  BC 24  Nazi Germany   [ 97]   1933 1945 12  Kingdom of Nepal   [ 98]   1768 2008 240  Neo-Assyrian Empire   [ 99]   911  BC  [ 99]  609  BC  [ 99]  302  Neo-Sumerian Empire   [ 100]   2112  BC 2004  BC 108  North Sea Empire   [ 101]   1013 1042 29  Empire of Nicaea   [ 81]   1204 1261 57 Odrysian kingdom   [ 102]  480  BC 30  BC 450  Omani Empire   [ 103]   1696 1856 158  Ostrogothic Kingdom   [ 104]   493 553 60  Ottoman Empire   [ 105]   1299 1922 623  Oyo Empire   [ 106]   1300 1896 596 Pagan kingdom   [ 107]  849 1287 438  Pala Empire   [ 108]   750 1161 411  Palmyrene Empire   [ 109]   270 273 3  Parthian Empire   [ 44]   247  BC 224 471  Kingdom of Pontus   [ 110]   281  BC 62 342  Portuguese Empire   [ 71]   1415 1999 584  Ptolemaic Kingdom   [ 111]   305  BC 30  BC 275  Purépecha Empire   [ 112]   1300 1530 [ 113]   230  Qara Khitai   [ 114]   1124 1218 94  Qing dynasty   [ 115]   1644 1912 268  Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)   [ 116]   1782 1932 150  Roman Empire   [ 69]   27  BC 395 422  Rozvi Empire   [ 117]   1660 1866 206  Russian Empire   [ 42]   1721 1917 196 Safavid Iran   [ 118]  1501 1736 235  Samo's Empire   [ 119]   631 658 27  Sasanian Empire   [ 44]   224 651 427  Samanid Empire   [ 120]   819 999 180  Seleucid Empire   [ 121]   312  BC 63  BC 249  Seljuk Empire   [ 122]   1037 1194 157  Serbian Empire   [ 123]   1346 1371 25  Shu Han  [  citation needed  ]  221 263 42  Sikh Empire   [ 124]   1799 1849 50  Singhasari  [  citation needed  ]  1222 1292 70  Song dynasty   [ 75]   960 1279 319  Songhai Empire   [ 89]   1464 1591 127  Spanish Empire   [ 71]   1492 1976 496  Shunga Empire   [ 125]   185  BC 73  BC 112  Sur Empire   [ 126]   1540 1556 16  Swedish Empire   [ 127]   1523 1809 286  Tang dynasty   [ 94]   618 907 289  Tây Sơn dynasty  [  citation needed  ]  1778 1802 24 Empire of Thessalonica   [ 81]  1224 1242 18  Tibetan Empire   [ 128]   755 842 87  Timurid Empire   [ 129]   1370 1507 137  Empire of Trebizond   [ 81]   1204 1461 257  Toltec Empire   [ 130]   496 1122 626  Tuʻi Tonga Empire   [ 131]   950 1865 915  Tukulor Empire   [ 132]   1852 1893 41  First Turkic Khaganate   [ 133]   551 744 193 Empire of Vietnam   [ 134]  March 1945 August 1945 0 (5 Months)  Vijayanagara Empire   [ 45]   1336 1646 310 Wari Empire   [ 135]  600 1100 500  Wassoulou Empire   [ 136]   1878 1898 20  Western Chalukya Empire   [ 137]   975 1184 209  Western Roman Empire   [ 69]   395 476 81  Yuan dynasty   [ 95]   1260 1368 108  Zhou dynasty   [ 138]   1046  BC 256  BC 790