List of kingdoms and royal dynasties

This is a list of kingdoms and royal dynasties, organized by geographic region.

Note: many countries have had multiple dynasties over the course of recorded history. This is not a comprehensively exhaustive list and may require further additions or historical verification.

Africa

Algeria

Angola

Kingdom of Kongo

Benin

Burkina Faso

Mossi Kingdoms

Burundi

Cameroon

Kingdom of Bamum

Central African Republic

Central African Empire

Chad

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo (Kinshasa)

Côte d'Ivoire

Egypt

Eritrea

Medri Bahri

Eswatini

House of Dlamini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Kingdom of Orungu

Ghana

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Malawi (1964-1966)

Mali

Mauritania

Ghana Empire

Mauritius

Isle de France (Mauritius) (1715–1792) (1804–1810)
British Mauritius
Mauritius (1968–1992)

Morocco

Mozambique

Gaza Empire

Nigeria

Rwanda

Kingdom of Rwanda

Senegal

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Asia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Sultanate of Bengal

Bhutan

House of Wangchuck

Brunei

Cambodia

China

The following is a list of major dynasties of China:

Xia dynasty (夏朝) (2070–1600 BC)
Shang dynasty (商朝) (1600–1046 BC)
Zhou dynasty (周朝) (1046–256 BC)
- Western Zhou (西周) (1046–771 BC)
- Eastern Zhou (東周) (770–256 BC)
Qin dynasty (秦朝) (221–207 BC)
Han dynasty (漢朝) (202 BC–AD 9, AD 25–220)
- Western Han (西漢) (202 BC–AD 9)
- Eastern Han (東漢) (25–220)
Xin dynasty (新朝) (9–23)
Three Kingdoms (三國) (220–280)
- Cao Wei (曹魏) (220–280)
- Shu Han (蜀漢) (221–263)
- Eastern Wu (東吳) (222–280)
Jin dynasty (晉朝) (266–420)
- Western Jin (西晉) (266–316)
- Eastern Jin (東晉) (317–420)
Sixteen Kingdoms (十六國) (304–439)
- Han-Zhao (漢趙) (304–329)
- Cheng Han (成漢) (304–347)
- Later Zhao (後趙) (319–351)
- Former Liang (前涼) (320–376)
- Former Yan (前燕) (337–370)
- Former Qin (前秦) (351–394)
- Later Yan (後燕) (384–409)
- Later Qin (後秦) (384–417)
- Western Qin (西秦) (385–400, 409–431)
- Later Liang (後涼) (386–403)
- Southern Liang (南涼) (397–414)
- Northern Liang (北涼) (397–439)
- Southern Yan (南燕) (398–410)
- Western Liang (西涼) (400–421)
- Hu Xia (胡夏) (407–431)
- Northern Yan (北燕) (407–436)
Northern and Southern dynasties (南北朝) (386–589)
- Northern dynasties (北朝) (386–581)
  - Northern Wei (北魏) (386–535)
    - Eastern Wei (東魏) (534–550)
    - Western Wei (西魏) (535–557)
  - Northern Qi (北齊) (550–577)
  - Northern Zhou (北周) (557–581)
- Southern dynasties (南朝) (420–589)
  - Liu Song (劉宋) (420–479)
  - Southern Qi (南齊) (479–502)
  - Liang dynasty (梁朝) (502–557)
  - Chen dynasty (陳朝) (557–589)
Sui dynasty (隋朝) (581–619)
Tang dynasty (唐朝) (618–690, 705–907)
- Wu Zhou (武周) (690–705)
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五代十國) (907–979)
- Five Dynasties (五代) (907–960)
  - Later Liang (後梁) (907–923)
  - Later Tang (後唐) (923–937)
  - Later Jin (後晉) (936–947)
  - Later Han (後漢) (947–951)
  - Later Zhou (後周) (951–960)
- Ten Kingdoms (十國) (907–979)
  - Former Shu (前蜀) (907–925)
  - Yang Wu (楊吳) (907–937)
  - Ma Chu (馬楚) (907–951)
  - Wuyue (吳越) (907–978)
  - Min (閩) (909–945)
  - Southern Han (南漢) (917–971)
  - Jingnan (荊南) (924–963)
  - Later Shu (後蜀) (934–965)
  - Southern Tang (南唐) (937–976)
  - Northern Han (北漢) (951–979)
Liao dynasty (遼朝) (916–1125)
- Western Liao (西遼) (1124–1218)
Song dynasty (宋朝) (960–1279)
- Northern Song (北宋) (960–1127)
- Southern Song (南宋) (1127–1279)
Western Xia (西夏) (1038–1227)
Jin dynasty (金朝) (1115–1234)
Yuan dynasty (元朝) (1271–1368)
- Northern Yuan (北元) (1368–1635)
Ming dynasty (明朝) (1368–1644)
- Southern Ming (南明) (1644–1662)
Qing dynasty (清朝) (1636–1912)
- Later Jin (後金) (1616–1636)
Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
Empire of China (1915–1916)
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