Empires in World History
| 20th-15th centuries bce | Old Assyrian empire (Assur) controls upper Mesopotamia |
| 1570–1070 bce |
"New Kingdom" period -- Egypt at
its greatest extent |
| 911-612 | Neo-Assyrian empire extends throughout the Fertile Crescent and to Egypt |
| mid 8th - mid 6th centuries |
Greek "colonies" established around the Med and Black Seas |
| 550-331 | Achaemenid
empire (Persia) |
| 334-323 |
empire of Alexander the Great
(Mediterranean) |
| 206 bce - 220 ce |
Han dynasty (China) |
| 1st - 5th centuries |
Roman empire (Mediterranean) |
| BCE
> CE |
|
| 3rd - 12th centuries |
Mayan empire (central America,
then Yucatan) |
| 4th - 1453 |
Byzantine empire (Mediterranean) |
| 7th - 12th centuries |
Arab empire |
| c. 750 (618-907) |
T'ang empire at its greatest
extent (China) |
| 13th-14th centuries |
Mongol empire (Eurasia) |
| 1363 - 1506 |
Timurid empire (Central Asia,
India) |
| 1368-1644 |
Ming dynasty (China) |
| 15th - 17th centuries |
Muscovite empire (Russia) |
| 1453-1918 |
Ottoman empire (eastern Med and
south-west Europe) |
| late 15th century |
height of Inca empire (Andes) |
| 1501-1736 |
Safavid empire (Persia) |
| early 16th century |
height of Mexica (Aztec) empire
(Mexico) |
| late 16th/ early 17th c - 1857 |
Mughal empire (India) |
| late 17th c - 1917 |
Russian empire (Russia, Central
Asia) |
