Countries
Nation-states across the centuries.
Era
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- AlgeriaCountry in North Africa
- Democratic Republic of the CongoCountry in Central Africa
- EgyptCountry in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia
- EthiopiaCountry in the Horn of Africa
- KenyaCountry in East Africa
- MoroccoCountry in North Africa
- NigeriaCountry in West Africa
- South AfricaCountry in Southern Africa
- TanzaniaCountry in East Africa
- IranCountry in West Asia
- BangladeshCountry in South Asia
- IndiaCountry in South Asia
- PhoeniciaAncient Semitic maritime civilization
- PakistanCountry in South Asia
- People's Republic of ChinaCountry in East Asia
- JapanCountry in East Asia
Ancient RomeRoman civilisation from the 8th century BC to the 5th century AD- South KoreaCountry in East Asia
- IndonesiaCountry in Southeast Asia and Oceania
Achaemenid EmpireAncient Iranian empire, 550–330 BC- Gupta EmpireAncient Indian empire (c. 3rd century CE – 575 CE)
- MalaysiaCountry in Southeast Asia
- MyanmarCountry in Southeast Asia
- PhilippinesArchipelagic country in Southeast Asia
- ThailandCountry in Southeast Asia
- VietnamCountry in Southeast Asia
- IsraelCountry in West Asia
Maya civilizationMesoamerican civilization (c. 2000 BC – 1697 AD)- Saudi ArabiaCountry in West Asia
- TurkeyCountry mainly in West Asia
- FranceCountry primarily in Western Europe
- GermanyCountry in Western and Central Europe
- IInca Empire1438–1533 empire in South America
- ItalyCountry in Southern and Western Europe
Mali EmpireEmpire in West Africa from c. 1226 to 1610- PolandCountry in Central Europe
- RussiaCountry in Eastern Europe and North Asia
- SpainCountry in Southern and Western Europe
Byzantine EmpireContinuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)- United KingdomCountry in northwestern Europe
- CanadaCountry in North America
- Holy Roman EmpireEuropean political entity (800/962–1806)
- MexicoCountry in North America
- United StatesCountry primarily in North America
Mongol EmpireEmpire in Eurasia- AustraliaCountry
- Ottoman EmpireTurkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
- ArgentinaCountry in South America
- BrazilCountry in South America
- ColombiaCountry in South America
- Spanish EmpireColonial empire between 1492 and 1976
Mughal Empire1526–1857 empire in South Asia- British EmpireTerritories ruled by the United Kingdom
- Soviet UnionCountry in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
- SingaporeIsland country in Southeast Asia
Old Kingdom of EgyptPeriod in ancient Egyptian history (c. 2686–2181 BC)- Middle Kingdom of EgyptReunified ancient Egypt (c. 2000-1700 BC)
New Kingdom of EgyptPeriod in ancient Egyptian history (c. 1570–1069 BC)- Ptolemaic KingdomHellenistic-era Greek state in Egypt (305–30 BC)
Kingdom of AksumPolity in Africa and Arabia before 960
Ancient CarthagePhoenician city-state and empire
Kingdom of KushAncient kingdom in Nubia, Africa- Land of PuntAncient trading confederation in the Horn of Africa (2500 BCE – 980 BCE)
AtropateneAncient Iranian kingdom (c. 323 BC – 226 AD)- Caucasian AlbaniaAncient state in the Caucasus
- Parthian EmpireIranian empire (247 BC – 224 AD)
- Sasanian EmpireLast pre-Islamic Iranian empire (224–651 AD)
Gojoseon? – 108 BC state in East Asia- Shang dynastyChinese dynasty (c. 1600 – c. 1046 BC)
- Spring and Autumn periodPeriod in Chinese history (c. 770 – c. 481 BCE)
- Xia dynastyTraditional first dynasty in Chinese history
Zhou dynastyChinese dynasty from c. 1046 to 256 BC
Yuan dynastyMongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms PeriodPeriod of Chinese history (907–979)- GoryeoKorean dynasty (918–1392)
Marinid dynastyBerber Muslim dynasty, 1244–1465- GhassanidsChristian Arab tribe
- Zand IranIran under the Zand dynasty from 1751 to 1794
Indo-ScythiansNomadic Iranian peoples of Saka and Scythian origin
Pallava dynastySouth Indian dynasty (275–897)- Danishmendid dynastyTurkish Beylik in northeastern Anatolia
Bahmani SultanateKingdom in the Deccan (1347–1527)- Habsburg SpainPeriod of Spanish history (1516–1700)
- WWestern ZhouDynastic era in China (c. 1046 – 771 BC)
- MMakhnovshchinaUkrainian anarchist movement
Eastern ZhouSecond half of the Zhou dynasty (c. 770 – 256 BC)- OOkjeoFormer tribal state in Korea
- WWestern SatrapsIndo-Scythian rulers of western and central India (35-415 CE)