List of monarchies

There are and have been throughout recorded history a great many monarchies in the world. Tribal kingship and Chiefdoms have been the most widespread form of social organisation from the Neolithic, and the predominance of monarchies has declined only with the rise of Republicanism in the modern era. A monarchical form of government can be combined with many different kinds of political and economic systems, from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy and from a market economy to a planned economy. Some examples for certain forms of monarchy are: Extant monarchies are listed in bold type. Antiquity Trigarta kingdom (c. BC – c. 1946) Egypt (c. 3500 BC – 30 BC) Monarchy of China (c. 2070 BC – 1912 AD; ended by revolution) Chinese Empire (221 BC – 1912 AD) Minoan Crete (c. 2600 BC – 1200 BC) Akkadian Empire (c. 23rd century BC – c. 21st century BC) Babylon (1959 BC – c. 6th century BC; absorbed by Persian Empire) Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600 BC – c. 1100 BC) United Monarchy of Israel (c. 1050 BC- c. 930 BC); succeeded by the following two kingdoms: Kingdom of Israel (c. 930 BC- 722 BC; conquered by Assyria) Kingdom of Judah (c. 930 BC– 586 BC; conquered by Babylon)