Home›Empires and Imperial States›Government Type›EmpireBrowse ByEmpireThis 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.FactsEmpireSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested2300 BCE 1EmpireFilter Results28 entriesEraAllClassical Antiquity (2)The Contemporary Period (7)The Early Modern Period (10)The Late Modern Period (9)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (13)Dated SpanAll-321 to -185 (1)1206 to 1260 (1)1256 to 1335 (1)1270 to 1974 (1)1370 to 1507 (1)1701 to 1902 (1)1860 to 1898 (1)1868 to 1947 (1)330 to 1453 (1)632 to 842 (1)Size at PeakAll13,700,000 to 35,500,000 (1)3,750,000 to 5,200,000 (3)5,500,000 to 11,100,000 (1)Population at PeakAll27,000,000 to 40,169,219 (1)44,000,000 to 64,925,993 (2)Status (Extant or Former)AllFormer / Dissolved (28)CapitalAllAddis Ababa (from 1889) (1)Bissandugu (1875-1893) (1)Constantinople (1)Kumasi (1)Kyoto (1)Lhasa (1)Maragheh (1)Paris (1)Pataliputra (1)Samarkand (1)Soltaniyeh (1)Tabriz (1)Tokyo (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 28Ashanti EmpireEmpireBelgian Colonial EmpireEmpireCarolingian EmpireEmpireChola DynastyEmpireDutch colonial empireEmpireEmpire of JapanEmpireEthiopian EmpireEmpireFirst French EmpireEmpireFrench colonial empireEmpireGerman colonial empireEmpireIlkhanateEmpireItalian EmpireEmpireJapanese colonial empireEmpireMajapahitEmpireMaurya EmpireEmpireOmani EmpireEmpirePortuguese EmpireEmpireRoman EmpireEmpireSrivijayaEmpireThe Byzantine EmpireEmpireThe Mongol EmpireEmpireTibetan EmpireEmpireTimurid EmpireEmpireToungoo DynastyEmpireVijayanagara EmpireEmpireWari EmpireEmpireWassoulou EmpireEmpireYapese EmpireEmpireSources1. 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.