Khazar
Caspian Steppe / Eurasia · 650 – 969
1 figure
Dynasties of Russia & Eastern Europe
The houses that shaped Rus, Muscovy, and the Russian Empire.
4 dynasties
Rurikid
Russia / Eastern Europe · 862 – 1610
2 figures
Mongol Empire
Mongol Empire / Eurasian Steppe · 1206 – 1368
The largest contiguous land empire in human history, built in a single generation by Genghis Khan and his sons. At its 1279 peak it spanned from the Pacific to the Black Sea, ruling perhaps a hundred million people across China, Central Asia, Persia, Mesopotamia, and the Russian steppe. Within a century of its founding it had fragmented into four major khanates — the Yuan dynasty in China, the Ilkhanate in Persia, the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, and the Golden Horde over Russia — each ruled by descendants of Genghis.
14 figures
House of Romanov
Russia / Eurasia · 1613 – 1917
Ruled Russia for over 300 years, transforming a marginalized state into a transcontinental Eurasian empire through autocratic modernization and expansion.
4 figures