Dynastica

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Royal houses grouped by the era they ruled in. Long-lived dynasties appear in every era they touched.

  1. Ancient10000 BC – 500 BC · 6 dynasties

    Bronze Age and early Iron Age dynasties — pre-classical antiquity.

  2. Classical Antiquity499 BC – 300 · 6 dynasties

    From the rise of Greek city-states through the high Roman Empire.

  3. Late Antiquity301 – 600 · 2 dynasties

    The transition from the Roman world to the early medieval — fall of Rome, rise of the successor kingdoms.

  4. Early Medieval601 – 1000 · 16 dynasties

    Caliphates, Carolingians, the rise of new royal houses across Eurasia.

  5. High Medieval1001 – 1300 · 17 dynasties

    The Crusades, the Mongol expansion, the apex of Christian and Islamic medieval polities.

  6. Late Medieval1301 – 1500 · 17 dynasties

    From the Black Death to the eve of European overseas empires.

  7. Early Modern1501 – 1800 · 17 dynasties

    Gunpowder empires, dynastic wars, and global colonial reach.

  8. Modern1801 – 2200 · 8 dynasties

    From the Napoleonic age to the dynasties that survive into the present.