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 Results76 entriesGovernment TypeAllAbsolute monarchy (autocracy) (1)Absolute monarchy under a sultan (1)Autocratic empire under a Roman style emperor (1)Divine absolute monarchy (1)Federal constitutional monarchy (1)Feudal monarchy (1)Monarchy (4)Monarchy (devaraja god-king concept) (1)Totalitarian one-party dictatorship (unitary fascist state) (1)EraAllClassical Antiquity (5)The Age of Discovery (1)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (1)The Contemporary Period (9)The Early Modern Period (31)The Gupta Golden Age (1)The High Middle Ages (1)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 (30)BrowseCompareSelect all 76Aq 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 / DissolvedGokturk 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 / 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 / DissolvedSasanian EmpireFormer / DissolvedSpanish EmpireFormer / DissolvedSrivijayaFormer / DissolvedStato da MàrFormer / DissolvedSwedish Overseas ColoniesFormer / DissolvedTaiwan under Qing ruleFormer / DissolvedThe Achaemenid EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Angevin EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe British EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Byzantine EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Gupta EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Holy Roman EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Inca EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Khmer EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Mongol EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Mughal EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Old Babylonian EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Ottoman EmpireFormer / DissolvedThe Songhai EmpireFormer / DissolvedTimurid EmpireFormer / DissolvedToungoo DynastyFormer / DissolvedTu'i Tonga EmpireFormer / DissolvedVijayanagara EmpireFormer / DissolvedWari EmpireFormer / DissolvedWassoulou EmpireFormer / DissolvedWestern Chalukya EmpireFormer / DissolvedYapese EmpireFormer / DissolvedSources1. 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.