PlanetPast

World Empires

4,500 years of empires on one 3D globe, from Akkad to the end of empire.

14 stories

World EmpiresOverviewThe Rise and Fall of Empires8 min3100 BC to today World EmpiresEpisode 01The First Empires: Mesopotamia6 min3200 to 539 BC World EmpiresEpisode 02Egypt of the Pharaohs6 min3100 to 30 BC World EmpiresEpisode 03Persia and Alexander6 min550 to 30 BC World EmpiresEpisode 04The Maurya Empire of India5 min322 to 185 BC World EmpiresEpisode 05China Unified: Qin and Han6 min221 BC to AD 220 World EmpiresEpisode 06Rome6 min509 BC to AD 1453 World EmpiresEpisode 07The Islamic Caliphates6 minAD 632 to 1258 World EmpiresEpisode 08The Khmer Empire of Angkor6 minAD 802 to 1431 World EmpiresEpisode 09The Mongol Empire6 minAD 1206 to 1368 World EmpiresEpisode 10The Ottoman Empire6 min1299 to 1922 World EmpiresEpisode 11The Aztec and Inca Empires6 min1428 to 1572 World EmpiresEpisode 12The Age of Sea Empires7 min1405 to 1920 World EmpiresEpisode 13The End of Empires6 min1914 to today