Empire Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Timeline of empires== {{Unreferenced section|date=April 2019}} The chart below shows a timeline of polities that have been called empires. Dynastic changes are marked with a white line.{{Sfn|Stearns|2001}} * The [[Roman Empire]]'s timeline listed below includes the [[Western Roman empire|Western]] and [[Byzantine Empire|Eastern portion]]. * The Empires of [[Empire of Nicaea|Nicaea]] and [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]] were Byzantine successor states. * The Empire of Bronze Age Egypt is not included in the graph. Established by Narmer circa 3000 BC, it lasted as long as China until it was conquered by Achaemenid Persia in 525 BC. * Japan is presented for the period of its overseas Empire (1895โ1945). The original Japanese Empire of "the Eight Islands" would be third persistent after Egypt and China. * Many Indian empires are also included, though only [[Mauryan dynasty|Mauryans]], [[Gupta Empire|Guptas]], [[Delhi Sultanate|Delhi Sultans]], [[Mughal dynasty|Mughals]], and [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] ruled for large periods in India. <timeline> ImageSize = width:1600 height:550 PlotArea = width:1200 height:450 left:50 bottom:50 DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:-800 till:2009 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:100 start:-800 # there is no automatic collision detection, # so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap Colors= id:red value:red Define $dx = 20 # shift text to right side of bar Define $dy = -25 # adjust height PlotData= bar:Persian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:-728 till: -550 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:-550 till: -330 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:-330 till: -247 shift:($dx,-2) color:Yellow from:-247 till: 224 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:224 till: 651 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:651 till: 821 shift:($dx,-2) color:Blue from:821 till: 873 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:861 till: 1002 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:874 till: 1004 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:934 till: 1055 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:963 till: 1187 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1037 till: 1194 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1077 till: 1231 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1231 till: 1253 shift:($dx,-2) color:Black from:1253 till: 1349 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1349 till: 1370 shift:($dx,-2) color:Pink from:1370 till: 1506 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1378 till: 1501 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1501 till: 1721 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1736 till: 1796 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1751 till: 1794 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1796 till: 1925 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1925 till: 1979 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1979 till: 2000 shift:($dx,-2) color:Green bar:Alexandrian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:-336 till:-323 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:India color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:-321 till: 1849 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:-321 mark:(line,white) at:-185 mark:(line,white) at:-30 mark:(line,white) at:-35 mark:(line,white) at:220 mark:(line,white) at:543 mark:(line,white) at:606 mark:(line,white) at:724 mark:(line,white) at:760 mark:(line,white) at:848 mark:(line,white) at:973 mark:(line,white) at:1206 mark:(line,white) at:1251 mark:(line,white) at:1336 mark:(line,white) at:1526 mark:(line,white) at:1540 mark:(line,white) at:1556 mark:(line,white) at:1674 mark:(line,white) at:1779 mark:(line,white) bar: China color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize: 7 from:-221 till: 1911 shift:($dx,-2) color: red at:220 mark:(line,white) at:265 mark:(line,white) at:280 mark:(line,white) at:420 mark:(line,white) at:589 mark:(line,white) at:618 mark:(line,white) at:907 mark:(line,white) at:960 mark:(line,white) at:907 mark:(line,white) at:1125 mark:(line,white) at:1279 mark:(line,white) at:1271 mark:(line,white) at:1368 mark:(line,white) at:1644 mark:(line,white) bar:Japan color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1871 till:1945 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Ethiopia color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1137 till:1974 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Roman color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:-27 till:476 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:68 mark:(line,white) at:69 mark:(line,white) at:96 mark:(line,white) at:192 mark:(line,white) at:235 mark:(line,white) at:284 mark:(line,white) at:364 mark:(line,white) at:392 mark:(line,white) at:455 mark:(line,white) from:306 till:1204 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:363 mark:(line,white) at:364 mark:(line,white) at:457 mark:(line,white) at:518 mark:(line,white) at:602 mark:(line,white) at:610 mark:(line,white) at:711 mark:(line,white) at:717 mark:(line,white) at:803 mark:(line,white) at:813 mark:(line,white) at:820 mark:(line,white) at:867 mark:(line,white) at:1056 mark:(line,white) at:1057 mark:(line,white) at:1059 mark:(line,white) at:1081 mark:(line,white) at:1185 mark:(line,white) from:1204 till:1261 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1261 till:1453 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red bar:Bulgarian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:913 till:1018 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:997 mark:(line,white) at:1280 mark:(line,white) at:1292 mark:(line,white) at:1299 mark:(line,white) at:1300 mark:(line,white) at:1323 mark:(line,white) from:1185 till:1422 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red bar:Holy-Rะพman color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:962 till:1024 shift:($dx,-2) color:red from:1027 till:1125 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1133 till:1137 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1155 till:1197 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1209 till:1215 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1220 till:1250 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1312 till:1313 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1328 till:1347 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1355 till:1378 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1433 till:1437 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1452 till:1740 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red from:1742 till:1806 shift:($dx,$dy) color:red at:1745 mark:(line,white) at:1765 mark:(line,white) bar:Latin color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1204 till:1261 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Trebizond color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1204 till:1461 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Ajuran color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1300 till:1700 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Ottoman color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1299 till:1922 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Portuguese color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1415 till:1910 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:1580 mark:(line,white) at:1640 mark:(line,white) bar:Spanish color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1492 till:1976 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Russian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1480 till:1917 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:1598 mark:(line,white) at:1605 mark:(line,white) at:1606 mark:(line,white) at:1610 mark:(line,white) at:1612 mark:(line,white) bar:Swedish color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1611 till:1718 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:French color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1804 till:1814 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:1815 mark:(line,red) from:1852 till:1870 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Austrian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1804 till:1918 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:German color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1871 till:1918 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:Italian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1882 till:1960 shift:($dx,-2) color:red bar:British color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1677 till:1998 shift:($dx,-2) color:red at:1677 mark:(line,white) at:1998 mark:(line,white) bar:Brazilian color:red width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:7 from:1822 till:1889 shift:($dx,-2) color:red </timeline> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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