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Gerry Simpson distinguishes "Great Powers", an elite group of states that manages the international legal order, from "great powers", empires or states whose military and political might define an era. [2] The following is a list of empires that have been called great powers during the Middle Ages: China (throughout) [3] [4] Goguryeo, (400-668 ...
List of Bronze Age states (c. 3300–1200 BC) List of Iron Age states (c. 1200–600 BC) List of Classical Age states (c. 600 BC–200 AD) List of states during Late Antiquity (c. 200–700) List of former sovereign states; Timeline of the Middle Ages; List of pre-modern great powers; List of pre-modern states
German Colonial Empire: 1884: 1920: 36 German Empire: 1848: 1849: 1 ... List of medieval great powers; Middle Eastern empires; Political history of the world; Notes
Medieval Germany — the Middle Ages in the history of Germany See also the preceding Category:Germany in the Roman era and the succeeding Category:German Renaissance See also: Category:Franks
List of ancient great powers, a list of great powers before the year 500 AD. List of medieval great powers, a list of great powers after the year 400 to 1500. List of modern great powers, a list of great powers since the year 1500 to the present.
Ancient Egypt reached the zenith of its power during the New Kingdom (1570–1070 BC) under great pharaohs. Ancient Egypt was a great power to be contended with by both the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa. The empire expanded far south into Nubia and held wide territories across the ancient Near East.
By 1900, Germany was the dominant power on the European continent and its rapidly expanding industry had surpassed Britain's while provoking it in a naval arms race. Germany led the Central Powers in World War I, but was defeated, partly occupied, forced to pay war reparations, and stripped of its colonies and significant territory along its ...
The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages , which ended around AD 1500 (by historiographical convention).