Home›Empires and Imperial States›Status (Extant or Former)›Former / DissolvedBrowse ByFormer / DissolvedThis dimension marks whether a polity is extant or former, still existing today or now defunct. Wikipedia notes that a polity has "a capacity to mobilize resources," a capacity that a former polity has since lost entirely. Browsing by status separates polities still existing today from those that no longer do.FactsFormer / DissolvedSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested2300 BCE 1Former / DissolvedFilter Results79 entriesEraAllClassical Antiquity (7)The Age of Discovery (1)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (1)The Contemporary Period (9)The Early Modern Period (33)The Gupta Golden Age (1)The High Middle Ages (2)The Inca Imperial Period (1)The Late Modern Period (23)The Mali and Songhai Imperial Period (1)The Mughal Golden Age (1)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (34)Government TypeAllColonialism (3)Confederation (3)Dictatorship (1)Empire (28)Federation (1)Feudalism (1)Monarchy (42)Theocracy (1)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 (1)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 (1)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 (4)2,000,000 to 3,500,000 (2)255,804 to 1,950,000 (2)3,750,000 to 5,200,000 (5)5,500,000 to 11,100,000 (2)Population at PeakAll11,100,000 to 15,700,000 (1)27,000,000 to 40,169,219 (2)44,000,000 to 64,925,993 (3)75,000,000 to 161,000,000 (3)CapitalAllAddis Ababa (from 1889) (1)Agra, later Delhi, Shahjahanabad (1)Angkor (Yasodharapura) (1)Babylon, on the Euphrates in central Mesopotamia (1)Berlin (2)Bissandugu (1875-1893) (1)Constantinople (1)Constantinople (Istanbul after 1453) (1)Cusco (1)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)Soltaniyeh (1)Tabriz (1)Tokyo (1)Valladolid (1)Vienna and Budapest (dual capitals) (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Aq QoyunluFormer / DissolvedAshanti EmpireFormer / DissolvedAustria-HungaryFormer / DissolvedBelgian Colonial EmpireFormer / DissolvedCarolingian EmpireFormer / DissolvedChagatai KhanateFormer / DissolvedChola DynastyFormer / DissolvedDanish Overseas ColoniesFormer / DissolvedDutch colonial empireFormer / DissolvedDzungar KhanateFormer / DissolvedEmpire of JapanFormer / DissolvedEnglish Overseas PossessionsFormer / DissolvedEthiopian EmpireFormer / DissolvedFirst French EmpireFormer / DissolvedFrench colonial empireFormer / DissolvedGajapati EmpireFormer / DissolvedGenoese ColoniesFormer / DissolvedGerman colonial empireFormer / DissolvedGerman EmpireFormer / DissolvedGöktürk KhaganateFormer / DissolvedGolden HordeFormer / DissolvedHoysala EmpireFormer / DissolvedIlkhanateFormer / DissolvedItalian EmpireFormer / DissolvedJapanese colonial empireFormer / DissolvedJolof EmpireFormer / DissolvedKanem-Bornu EmpireFormer / DissolvedKara KoyunluFormer / DissolvedKazakh KhanateFormer / DissolvedKhanate of KazanFormer / DissolvedKhanate of KhivaFormer / DissolvedKhazar KhaganateFormer / DissolvedKingdom of MutapaFormer / DissolvedLatin EmpireFormer / DissolvedMajapahitFormer / DissolvedMaurya EmpireFormer / DissolvedNazi GermanyFormer / DissolvedNeo-Assyrian EmpireFormer / DissolvedNeo-Babylonian EmpireFormer / DissolvedNogai HordeFormer / DissolvedOmani EmpireFormer / DissolvedOyo EmpireFormer / DissolvedPortuguese EmpireFormer / DissolvedPurepecha EmpireFormer / DissolvedRashtrakuta EmpireFormer / DissolvedRoman EmpireFormer / DissolvedRozvi EmpireFormer / DissolvedRussian Colonization of North AmericaFormer / DissolvedRussian EmpireFormer / DissolvedSafavid EmpireFormer / DissolvedShowing 1 to 50 of 79, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. 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.