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Empire
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Founded
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A
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Assyria
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2500BC
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Was centred on the Tigris River in Upper Mesopotamia,
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B
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Babylonian Empire
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1900BC
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Preceede by Sumeria and the Akkadian Empire
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C
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Carthaginian Empire
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814BC
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Fought the Punic Wars against the Roman Empire
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D
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Dehli Sultanate
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1206CE
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One of the few powers to repel Mongol attacks by the Chagatai Khanate, and of the few Islamic powers to be ruled by a woman, Razia Sultana
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E
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Kingdom of Egypt
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1550BC
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Civilization of ancient Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River
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F
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Frankish Empire
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800CE
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The largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom. Became the predecessor of France and Germany
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G
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Ancient Greece
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1200BC
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Considered the cradle of Western civilization, from which derives most of modern politics, philosophy, science, and art
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H
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Hitite Empire
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1460BC
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Part of The Great Powers' Club of the Late Bronze Age
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I
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Indus Valley Civilisation
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3300BC
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With Egypt and Mesopotamia, one of three early civilisations of the Near East and South Asia, stretching from northeast Afghanistan through Pakistan and northwestern India
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J
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First Jin Dynasty
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266CE
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Founded by the Sima Family, it followed the Three Kingdoms period
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K
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Khmer Empire
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802CE
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Site of Angkor, in present-day Cambodia, the capital during the empire's peak
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L
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Liao Dynasty
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915CE
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Ruled over North China, Manchuria, Mongolia and northern Korean Peninsula. Was succeeded by the Jin Dynasty
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M
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Macedonian Empire
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334BC
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Once the most powerful Kingdom in the world, later became a part of Hellenistic Greece
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N
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Nubian Kingdom of Kush *region
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1070BC
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Ancient kingdom centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt
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O
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Ottoman Empire
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1299CE
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The Empire came into World War I as one of the Central Powers
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P
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First Persian Empire
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550BC
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Also called the Achaemenid Empire was an ancient empire in Western Asia. Reached its greatest extent under Xerxes I
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Q
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Qin Dynasty
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221BC
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Shortest of the major dynasties. Overthrew the Zhou dynasty and eventually conquered all the Seven Warring States
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R
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Roman Empire
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27BC
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Longest reigning empire in history
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S
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Sumer
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4500BC
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earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia
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T
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Tibetan Empire
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755CE
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Songtsen Gampo was the first emperor to expand beyond Lhasa and the Yarlung Valley. He is credited with introducing Buddhism to the empire
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U
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Umayyad Caliphate
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661CE
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The second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. Damascus was the capital. Conquests included the Transoxiana Region in Central Asia, Maghreb Region and the Iberian Peninsula
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V
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Republic of Venice
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697CE
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Known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic in present-day Italy
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W
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Wari Empire
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500CE
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Also called The Huari were a civilization in ancient Peru
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X
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Xin Dynasty
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9CE
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Often considered an interruption of the Han dynasty, dividing it into the Western and Eastern Han
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Y
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Yuan Dynasty
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1271CE
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A successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division and a ruling dynasty of China established by Kublai Khan
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Z
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First Zhou Dynasty
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1046BC
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famous for the beginnings of major Chinese philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism
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