From ancient Sumerian city-states and Egypt to Rome, the Pax Mongolica, dynastic China, and global colonial realms, explore the territorial boundaries, administrative centers, and civilizational achievements of humanity’s historical sovereign polities.
The Sagaing kingdom, classical pali name Jeyyapura, was a small kingdom ruled by a junior branch of the Myinsaing dynasty from 1315 to 1365.
Hadhramaut is mapped in the atlas for 700 BCE – 305 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 98,062 km².
Chimor was the political grouping of the Chimú culture.
Wei was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China.
The Duchy of Bavaria was a frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century.
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country in Southwestern Europe.
The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until around 927.
Mercia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom, one of the seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon period.
The Independent State of Croatia was a World War II–era quasi-state.
The Imams of Yemen, later also titled the Kings of Yemen, were religiously consecrated leaders (imams) belonging to the Zaydi branch of Shia Islam.
Asir, officially the Aseer Province, is a province of Saudi Arabia in southern Arabia.
The Duchy of Opole was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the branch of Polish Piast dynasty, formed during the medieval fragmentation of Poland into provincial duchies.
The Principality of Pereyaslavl was a regional principality of Kievan Rus' from the end of 9th century until 1323, based in the city of Pereyaslavl on the river Trubizh.
Qi was a principality during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in Chinese history.
New Caledonia is a French territory consisting of a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, 220 km (140 mi) southwest of Vanuatu and 1,210 km (750 mi) east of Australia.
The Early Dynastic Period, also known as Archaic Period or the Thinite Period, is the era of ancient Egypt that immediately follows the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt in c.
Three millennia of monumental civilization anchored along the fertile banks of the Nile, famed for pyramids, astronomical calendars, and divine kingship.
Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa.
The Kingdom of Croatia, and since 1060 known as Kingdom of Croatia and Dalmatia, was a medieval kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Croatia, as well as most of the modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Latin Empire, also referred to as the Latin Empire of Constantinople or the Constantinopolitan Empire, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Byzantine Empire.
The Taifa of Seville was an Arab kingdom which was ruled by the Abbadid dynasty.
The Early Lý dynasty, also known in historiography as the Former Lý dynasty or Anterior Lý dynasty, officially Vạn Xuân or Nam Việt, was a dynasty of Vietnam that existed from AD 544 to 602.
The Kingdom of Scotland was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, traditionally said to have been founded in 843.
The Kingdom of Naples was a French client state in southern Italy that existed from 1806 to 1815.
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The Hungarian People's Republic was the Hungarian state from 20 August 1949 until the establishment of the current Republic of Hungary on 23 October 1989.
The Kingdom of Sicily was a state that existed in Sicily and the southern Italian Peninsula as well as, for a time, in North Africa, from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816.
Cappadocia was a Hellenistic-era Iranian kingdom centered in the historical region of Cappadocia in Asia Minor.
The Majeerteen Sultanate, or Majerteen Kingdom also known as Majeerteenia and/or Migiurtinia, was a Somali kingdom centered in the Horn of Africa.
The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1861 under the control of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, a cadet branch of the Bourbons.
The Kingdom of Mysore was a geopolitical realm in southern India founded in around 1399 in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Mysuru.
Serbs, are a South Slavic ethnic group and nation who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history, and language.
The Gauḍa kingdom was a kingdom during the Classical era in the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the Gauda region of Bengal in 4th century CE or possibly earlier.
Khadga dynasty, was a Buddhist dynasty which ruled the areas of Vanga and Samatata in ancient Bengal from 625 CE to 716 CE.
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Thracian Kingdom is mapped in the atlas for 87 BCE – 50 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 90,345 km².
The Kingdom of Bavaria was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918.
The Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which, at its territorial zenith, occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
The Taifa of Toledo was an Islamic polity (taifa) located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula in the High Middle Ages.
The Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, with four rulers ruling from 1414 to 1451 for 37 years.
Liang, known in historiography as the Western Liang, was a dynastic state of China listed as one of the Sixteen Kingdoms.
The Beylik of Tunis was the legal form of present-day Tunisia, between 1705 and 1881.
The Oyo Empire was a Yoruba empire in West Africa.
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Barr Saʿad dīn, was a medieval Sunni Muslim empire which was located in the Horn of Africa.
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
The historiographical term "Eighteen Kingdoms", also translated as "Eighteen States", refers to the eighteen fengjian states in China created by military leader Xiang Yu in 206 BCE, after the collapse of the Qin dynasty.
The historiographical term "Eighteen Kingdoms", also translated as "Eighteen States", refers to the eighteen fengjian states in China created by military leader Xiang Yu in 206 BCE, after the collapse of the Qin dynasty.
Georgia is mapped in the atlas for 567 CE – 2024 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 86,640 km².
Silla was a Korean kingdom that existed between 57 BCE and 935 CE and was located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula.
The Injuids, also Injus or House of Inju, were an Iranian dynasty of Persian origin that came to rule over the cities of Shiraz and Isfahan during the 14th century.
The Danishmendids or Danishmends were a Turkish dynasty.
Galatia, also called Gallograikia, was an ancient area in the highlands of central Anatolia, roughly corresponding to the provinces of Ankara and Eskişehir in modern Turkey.
Cambodia is mapped in the atlas for 1700 CE – 1802 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 85,545 km².
The Karamanli dynasty was an autonomous dynasty that ruled Ottoman Tripolitania from 1711 to 1835.
Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, at its height spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states.
The Kingdom of Alba was the Kingdom of Scotland between the deaths of Donald II in 900 and of Alexander III in 1286.
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
The Banten Sultanate was a Bantenese Islamic trading kingdom founded in the 16th century and centred in Banten, a port city on the northwest coast of Java; the contemporary English name of both was Bantam.
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