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List of political entities in the 19th century This is a list of political entities in the 19th century (1801–1900) AD. It includes both sovereign states, self-declared unrecognized states, and any political predecessors of current sovereign states. Political entities See also *L ...

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18th century

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17th century

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16th century

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15th century

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11th century

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1st millennium by century

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List of political entities in the 9th century ; Political entities in the 8th century – Political entities in the 10th century – Political entities by year This is a list of political entities in the 9th century (801–900) AD. Political entities See also * List of Bronze Age stat ...

* List of political entities in the 8th century * List of political entities in the 7th century *

List of political entities in the 6th century ; Political entities in the 5th century – Political entities in the 7th century – Political entities by year This is a list of political entities in the 6th century (501–600) AD. Political entities See also * List of Bronze Age states ...

List of political entities in the 5th century ; Political entities in the 4th century – Political entities in the 6th century – Political entities by year This is a list of political entities in the 5th century (401–500) AD. Political entities See also *List of Bronze Age states ...

List of political entities in the 4th century ; Political entities in the 3rd century – List of political entities in the 5th century, Political entities in the 5th century – Lists of sovereign states by year, Political entities by year This is a list of sovereign state, political entit ...

List of political entities in the 3rd century This is a list of political entities that existed between 201 and 300 AD. ; Political entities in the 2nd century – Political entities in the 4th century – Political entities by year Sovereign states See also *List of Bronze Age ...

List of political entities in the 2nd century ; This is a list of political entities that existed between 101 and 200 AD. Political entities See also * List of Bronze Age states * List of Iron Age states * List of Classical Age states * List of states during Late Antiquity *List of st ...

List of political entities in the 1st century ;List of political entities in the 1st century BC, Political entities in the 1st century BC – List of political entities in the 2nd century, Political entities in the 2nd century – List of sovereign states by year, Political entities by year ...

1st millennium BC by century

List of political entities in the 1st century BC ;List of political entities in the 2nd century BC, Political entities in the 2nd century BC – List of political entities in the 1st century, Political entities in the 1st century – Lists of sovereign states by year, Political entities by year ...

List of political entities in the 2nd century BC This is a list of sovereign states or polities that existed in the 2nd century BC. Political entities See also * List of Bronze Age states * List of Iron Age states * List of Classical Age states * List of states during Late Antiquity *Li ...

List of political entities in the 3rd century BC This is a list of sovereign states or polities that existed in the 3rd m century BC. Political entities See also *List of Bronze Age states *List of Iron Age states * List of Classical Age states *List of states during Late Antiquity ...

* List of political entities in the 4th century BC *

List of political entities in the 5th century BC The development of states—large-scale, populous, politically centralized, and socially stratified polities/societies governed by powerful rulers—marks one of the major milestones in the evolution of human societies. Archaeologists often distin ...

List of political entities in the 6th century BC ; Political entities in the 7th century BC – Political entities in the 5th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of sovereign states or polities that existed in the 6th century BC. Africa Americas Europe No ...

List of political entities in the 7th century BC ; Political entities in the 8th century BC – Political entities in the 6th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities that existed in the 7th century BC. Africa Americas Europe North and We ...

List of political entities in the 8th century BC ; Political entities in the 9th century BC – Political entities in the 7th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities that existed in the 8th century BC. Africa Americas Europe North and We ...

List of political entities in the 9th century BC ; Political entities in the 10th century BC – Political entities in the 8th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities that existed in the 9th century BC. Sovereign states See also *List of Bron ...

List of political entities in the 10th century BC ; Political entities in the 11th century BC – Political entities in the 9th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of states or polities that existed in the 10th century BC. Sovereign states See also * List of B ...

2nd millennium BC by century

List of political entities in the 11th century BC ; Political entities in the 12th century BC – Political entities in the 10th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 11th century BC (1100–1001 BC). Sovereign states See also *List of ...

List of political entities in the 12th century BC ; Political entities in the 13th century BC – Political entities in the 11th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 12th century BC (1200–1101 BC). Sovereign states See also * List o ...

List of political entities in the 13th century BC ; Political entities in the 14th century BC – Political entities in the 12th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 13th century BC (1300–1201 BC). Sovereign states See also * List ...

List of political entities in the 14th century BC ; Political entities in the 15th century BC – Political entities in the 13th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 14th century BC (1400–1301 BC). Sovereign states See also * List o ...

List of political entities in the 15th century BC ; Political entities in the 16th century BC – Political entities in the 14th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 15th century BC (1500–1401 BC). Sovereign states See also *List of ...

List of political entities in the 16th century BC ; Political entities in the 17th century BC – Political entities in the 15th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 16th century BC (1600–1501 BC). Sovereign states See also *List of ...

List of political entities in the 17th century BC ; Political entities in the 18th century BC – Political entities in the 16th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 17th century BC (1700–1601 BC). Sovereign states See also *List o ...

List of political entities in the 18th century BC ; Political entities in the 19th century BC – Political entities in the 17th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 18th century BC (1800–1701 BC). Sovereign states See also *List o ...

List of political entities in the 19th century BC ; Political entities in the 20th century BC – Political entities in the 18th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 19th century BC. States See also *List of Bronze Age states * List o ...

List of political entities in the 20th century BC ; Political entities in the 21st century BC – Political entities in the 19th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 20th century BC. States See also * List of Bronze Age states * List ...

3rd and 4th millennium BC by century

List of political entities in the 21st century BC ; Political entities in the 20th century BC – Political entities by century This is a list of political entities in the 21st century BC. Political entities See also * List of Bronze Age states * List of Iron Age states * List of Clas ...

List of political entities in the 35th century BC The Chalcolithic or Copper Age is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age.The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) , p. 301: "Chalcolithic /,kælkəl'lɪθɪk/ adjective ''Archaeology'' of, relating to, or denoting a ...

Pre-modern polities by age

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List of states during Late Antiquity Late Antiquity is a historiographical term for the historical period from c. 200 AD to c. 700 AD, which marks the transition from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages. Precise boundaries for the period are a matter of debate, but historian ...

List of Iron Age states The Iron Age is an archaeological age, the last of the three-age system of Old World prehistory. It follows the Bronze Age, in the Ancient Near East beginning c. 1200 BC, and in Europe beginning after c. 800 BC. It is taken to end with the be ...

List of Bronze Age states The Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BC) marks the emergence of the first complex state societies, and by the Middle Bronze Age (mid-3rd millennium BC) the first empires. This is a list of Bronze Age polities. By the end of the Bronze Age, complex ...

List of cities of the ancient Near East The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th millennium BC and ended, depending on the interpretation of the term, either with the conquest by ...

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