Home›Monarchs and Rulers›RuledBrowse ByRuledThis dimension names the specific polity, kingdom or territory a historical figure actually ruled. Wikipedia notes that a polity is "a group of people with a collective identity, who are organized by some form of political, institutionalized, social relations," and it is exactly this kind of body that a ruling figure governed. Browsing this way collects every figure who ruled the same polity.FactsRuledSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonStart YearWell-attested3100 BCE 1RuledFilter Results46 entriesRoleAllMilitary Leader (7)Monarch / Royalty (46)Philosopher (1)Politician / Statesman (1)Writer / Scholar (2)EraAllClassical Antiquity (7)Late Antiquity (2)The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World (1)The Classic Maya Period (1)The Contemporary Period (1)The Early Modern Period (9)The Gupta Golden Age (1)The Hellenistic Period (1)The High Middle Ages (1)The Inca Imperial Period (1)The Iron Age (1)The Islamic Golden Age (1)The Late Modern Period (7)The Mali and Songhai Imperial Period (1)The Ming Dynasty Period (1)The Mughal Golden Age (1)The Neo-Assyrian Period (1)The Neo-Babylonian Period (1)The Pax Romana (1)The Post-Classical and Medieval Period (15)The Reconquista Period (2)The Song Golden Age (1)The Tang Golden Age (1)BirthplaceAllAfrica (1)Albania (1)Angola (1)Antioch (1)Asia (1)Babylon 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Great (1)Selim I (1)Songtsen Gampo (1)Tipu Sultan (1)Wu Zetian (1)Science CounterpartAllAntoninus Pius (1)Aurangzeb (1)Catherine the Great (1)Henry II of England (1)K'inich Janaab' Pakal (1)King John of England (1)Louis XIV (1)Mehmed II (1)Menelik II (1)Peter the Great (1)Selim I (1)Songtsen Gampo (1)Tipu Sultan (1)Wu Zetian (1)Lived Era (Birth to Death)All-1810 to -1750 (1)-234 to -174 (1)-259 to -210 (1)-304 to -232 (1)-324 to -261 (1)-340 to -297 (1)-356 to -323 (1)-518 to -465 (1)-550 to -486 (1)-600 to -530 (1)-620 to -522 (1)-770 to -705 (1)1002 to 1081 (1)1006 to 1067 (1)1007 to 1060 (1)1010 to 1041 (1)1015 to 1042 (1)1030 to 1072 (1)1040 to 1109 (2)1041 to 1109 (2)1050 to 1090 (1)1087 to 1143 (1)1118 to 1180 (1)1118 to 1185 (1)1133 to 1189 (1)1153 to 1211 (1)1156 to 1204 (1)1157 to 1199 (1)1166 to 1216 (1)1169 to 1183 (1)1175 to 1221 (1)1182 to 1204 (1)1192 to 1254 (1)1224 to 1282 (1)1239 to 1307 (1)1250 to 1305 (1)1259 to 1332 (1)1270 to 1325 (1)1284 to 1327 (1)1292 to 1383 (1)1297 to 1341 (1)1312 to 1377 (1)1326 to 1389 (1)1332 to 1391 (1)1350 to 1425 (1)1392 to 1448 (1)1403 to 1471 (1)1404 to 1453 (1)1431 to 1476 (1)1432 to 1481 (1)1443 to 1538 (1)1537 to 1572 (1)1542 to 1605 (1)161 to 192 (1)1819 to 1901 (1)1921 to 1996 (1)250 to 310 (1)258 to 311 (1)280 to 337 (1)317 to 361 (1)321 to 375 (1)328 to 378 (1)331 to 363 (1)345 to 415 (1)347 to 395 (1)377 to 408 (1)392 to 457 (1)401 to 450 (1)401 to 474 (1)425 to 491 (1)430 to 518 (1)450 to 527 (1)482 to 565 (1)539 to 602 (1)547 to 610 (1)566 to 635 (1)575 to 641 (1)598 to 649 (1)603 to 683 (1)630 to 668 (1)668 to 711 (1)685 to 741 (1)718 to 775 (1)763 to 809 (1)795 to 855 (1)811 to 886 (1)825 to 875 (1)850 to 899 (1)86 to 161 (1)866 to 912 (1)905 to 959 (1)912 to 969 (1)912 to 973 (1)925 to 976 (1)927 to 976 (1)955 to 983 (1)958 to 1025 (1)960 to 1028 (1)968 to 1034 (1)978 to 1050 (1)Showing the 100 most common of 101 options.End YearAll1595 BCE (1)609 BCE (1)539 BCE (1)330 BCE (1)206 BCE (1)185 BCE (1)350 (1)550 (1)705 (1)842 (1)907 (1)1204 (1)1258 (1)1260 (1)1279 (1)1335 (1)1453 (2)1533 (1)1591 (1)1644 (1)1663 (1)1707 (1)1721 (1)1789 (1)1806 (1)1857 (1)1862 (1)1904 (1)1917 (1)1918 (2)1922 (1)1947 (1)1950 (1)1974 (1)1997 (1)Population at PeakAll12,000,000 (1)15,700,000 (1)27,000,000 (1)29,000,000 (1)40,169,219 (1)64,925,993 (1)75,000,000 (1)158,400,000 (1)161,000,000 (1)Size at Peak in Square KilometresAll1,100,000 (1)2,000,000 (1)2,300,000 (1)3,500,000 (1)3,750,000 (1)4,000,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)5,200,000 (1)5,500,000 (1)7,400,000 (1)11,100,000 (1)22,800,000 (1)23,500,000 (1)35,500,000 (1)Start YearAll1894 BCE (1)911 BCE (1)780 BCE (1)626 BCE (1)550 BCE (1)321 BCE (1)312 BCE (1)221 BCE (1)250 (1)330 (1)507 (1)618 (1)632 (1)690 (1)750 (1)800 (1)910 (1)927 (1)960 (1)962 (1)987 (1)1065 (1)1154 (1)1204 (1)1206 (1)1256 (1)1270 (1)1299 (1)1330 (1)1368 (1)1399 (1)1438 (1)1464 (1)1526 (1)1547 (1)1583 (1)1600 (1)1631 (1)1701 (1)1721 (1)1868 (1)1871 (1)1960 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareThe Abbasid CaliphateRuled1 entryThe Achaemenid EmpireRuled4 entriesThe Angevin EmpireRuled3 entriesThe British EmpireRuled1 entryThe Byzantine EmpireRuled56 entriesCarolingian EmpireRuled3 entriesCentral African RepublicRuled1 entryDuchy of AquitaineRuled1 entryEmpire of JapanRuled1 entryEthiopian EmpireRuled1 entryGerman EmpireRuled1 entryThe Gupta EmpireRuled1 entryThe Holy Roman EmpireRuled3 entriesIlkhanateRuled1 entryThe Inca EmpireRuled1 entryKingdom of CastileRuled1 entryKingdom of DahomeyRuled1 entryThe Kingdom of EnglandRuled7 entriesThe Kingdom of FranceRuled4 entriesKingdom of KushRuled2 entriesKingdom of LeonRuled1 entryKingdom of MysoreRuled1 entryKingdom of Ndongo and MatambaRuled1 entryKingdom of PrussiaRuled2 entriesLatin EmpireRuled1 entryMaurya EmpireRuled2 entriesMing dynastyRuled1 entryThe Mongol EmpireRuled1 entryThe Mughal EmpireRuled3 entriesNeo-Assyrian EmpireRuled3 entriesNeo-Babylonian EmpireRuled2 entriesThe Old Babylonian EmpireRuled1 entryThe Ottoman EmpireRuled5 entriesPalenqueRuled1 entryPrincipality of WallachiaRuled1 entryQin dynastyRuled1 entryRoman EmpireRuled10 entriesRussian EmpireRuled3 entriesSeleucid EmpireRuled1 entryThe Song DynastyRuled1 entryThe Songhai EmpireRuled2 entriesThe Tang DynastyRuled2 entriesTibetan EmpireRuled1 entryTsardom of RussiaRuled1 entryXiongnuRuled1 entryZhou dynasty (interregnum)Ruled1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Kingdom (state)tier 2WikipediaKingdom (state), History section, Narmer sentenceQuote, Kingdom (state), History section, Narmer sentenceSome of the oldest recorded and evidenced monarchies were those of Narmer, Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt c. 3100 BCE, and Enmebaragesi, a Sumerian King of Kish c. 2600 BCE.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.