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This is a navigational list of empires ... Teutonic Order: 1230: 1525: 295 Empire of Thessalonica: 1224: 1242: 18 Thonburi Kingdom: 1767: 1782: 15 Tibetan Empire: 618 ...
Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. It emerges from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500), demarcated by historians as beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in forms such as the Italian Renaissance in the West, the Ming dynasty in the East, and the rise of the Aztecs in the New World.
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
Empire size in this list is defined as the dry land area it controlled at the time, which may differ considerably from the area it claimed. For example: in the year 1800, European powers collectively claimed approximately 20% of the Earth's land surface that they did not effectively control. [ 8 ]
The historical terms "Great Nation", [2] [3] [4] a distinguished aggregate of people inhabiting a particular country or territory, and "Great Empire", [5] a considerable group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, are colloquial conversations (historical jargon).
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]
Serbian Empire: 1346–1371 Tsar: List of Serbian monarchs: Spanish colonial empire: 1492–1898 Rey: List of Spanish monarchs: British colonial empire: 1497–1997: King: List of British monarchs: Russian Tsardom: 1547–1721 Tsar: List of Russian monarchs: Russian Empire: 1721–1917 Imperator: Austrian Empire: 1804–1918 Kaiser: List of ...