Home›Empires and Imperial States›Government TypeBrowse ByGovernment TypeThis dimension sorts polities by their form of government, a monarchy, a republic, an empire or a confederation. Wikipedia notes that a polity is "the unit or entity of a political community or body politic," a body that always organizes itself under one particular form of government. Browsing by government type keeps polities governed the same way grouped together.FactsGovernment TypeSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested2300 BCE 1Government TypeFilter Results8 entriesEraAllClassical Antiquity (3)The Age of Discovery (2)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (1)The Contemporary Period (2)The Early Modern Period (4)The Gupta Golden Age (1)The High Middle Ages (2)The Inca Imperial Period (2)The Late Modern Period (5)The Mali and Songhai Imperial Period (1)The Mughal Golden Age (1)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (4)Dated SpanAll-1894 to -1595 (1)-321 to -185 (1)-550 to -330 (1)-626 to -539 (1)-911 to -609 (1)1154 to 1204 (1)1206 to 1260 (1)1256 to 1335 (1)1270 to 1974 (1)1299 to 1922 (1)1370 to 1507 (1)1438 to 1533 (2)1464 to 1591 (1)1492 to 1976 (1)1526 to 1857 (1)1583 to 1997 (1)1701 to 1902 (1)1721 to 1917 (1)1860 to 1898 (1)1867 to 1918 (1)1868 to 1947 (1)1871 to 1918 (2)1933 to 1945 (1)224 to 651 (1)250 to 550 (1)330 to 1453 (1)632 to 842 (1)802 to 1431 (1)962 to 1806 (1)Size at PeakAll13,700,000 to 35,500,000 (2)2,000,000 to 3,500,000 (2)255,804 to 1,950,000 (1)3,750,000 to 5,200,000 (2)5,500,000 to 11,100,000 (2)Population at PeakAll11,100,000 to 15,700,000 (2)27,000,000 to 40,169,219 (2)44,000,000 to 64,925,993 (3)75,000,000 to 161,000,000 (1)Status (Extant or Former)AllFormer / Dissolved (8)Merged or Absorbed (1)Succeeded or Renamed (1)CapitalAllAddis Ababa (from 1889) (1)Agra, later Delhi, Shahjahanabad (1)Angkor (Yasodharapura) (1)Antioch (1)Babylon (1)Babylon, on the Euphrates in central Mesopotamia (1)Berlin (3)Bissandugu (1875-1893) (1)Constantinople (1)Constantinople (Istanbul after 1453) (1)Cusco (2)Gao (1)Kumasi (1)Kyoto (1)Lhasa (1)London (1)Madrid (1)Maragheh (1)Paris (1)Pataliputra (1)Saint Petersburg (Moscow before 1712) (1)Samarkand (1)Seleucia (1)Soltaniyeh (1)Tabriz (1)Tokyo (1)Valladolid (1)Vienna and Budapest (dual capitals) (1)Emergence EraAllMedieval (1)Institution TypeAllPolitical Regime (7)Membership BasisAllBirth (1)ScaleAllNational (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 8ColonialismGovernment Type3 entriesConfederationGovernment Type3 entriesDictatorshipGovernment Type1 entryEmpireGovernment Type28 entriesFederationGovernment Type1 entryFeudalismGovernment Type1 entryMonarchyGovernment Type53 entriesTheocracyGovernment Type1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Akkadian Empiretier 2WikipediaAkkadian Empire, lead section, first-empire sentenceQuote, Akkadian Empire, lead section, first-empire sentenceThe Akkadian Empire ... was an ancient kingdom established around 2300 BCE, often seen as the first empire in world history.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.