Editing 1st millennium (section)

==Civilizations, kingdoms and dynasties==
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|+'''Kingdoms and civilizations of the 1st millennium AD'''
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Africa 
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Asia / Oceania
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Europe
! style="width:18%;text-align:center;"|Pre-Columbian Americas
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|<!--Africa-->
;North Africa
*[[Roman Empire|Roman]]/[[Byzantine Empire]] (31 BC &ndash; AD 698)
*[[Vandal Kingdom]] (435–534)
*[[Rashidun Caliphate]] (632–661)
*[[Umayyad Caliphate]] (661–750)
*[[Abbasid Caliphate]] (750–1258)
*[[Idrisid dynasty]] (788–974)
*[[Fatimid Caliphate]] (909–1171)

;East Africa
*[[Himyarite Kingdom]] (110 BC – 940)
*[[Kingdom of Aksum]] ({{Circa|100}}–940)
*[[Christian Nubia]] ({{Circa|350}}–1500)
*[[Harla Kingdom]] (after {{Circa|500}})
*[[Savanna Pastoral Neolithic]] (before {{Circa|700}})
*[[Bantu expansion]]
*[[Iron metallurgy in Africa|Pastoral Iron Age]] (after {{Circa|700}})
*[[Sultanate of Mogadishu]] (after {{Circa|800}})
* [[Sultanate of Shewa]] (896–1286)

;Sahara / West Africa 
*[[Pastoral Neolithic]]
*[[Ghana Empire]] (3rd century–1240)
*[[Kanem Empire]] ({{Circa|700}}–)
*[[Kingdom of Nri]] (948–)

;Central / Southern Africa
*[[Bantu expansion]]
*[[Late Stone Age]] rock art:
**[[Bidzar]] (Cameroon)
**[[Matobo National Park]] rock art (Zimbabwe)
**[[Nyero rock paintings]] (Uganda)

|<!--Asia / Oceania-->
;West Asia
*[[Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Armenia]] (331 BC – AD 428)  
*[[Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity)|Kingdom of Iberia]] (302 BC – AD 580)  
*[[Parthian Empire]] (247 BC – AD 224)
*[[Roman Empire|Roman]]/[[Byzantine Empire]] (27 BC – 1453) 
*[[Sassanid Empire]] (226–651)
*[[Principality of Iberia]] (588–888)
*[[Rashidun Caliphate]] (632–661)
*[[Umayyad Caliphate]] (661–750) 
*[[Abbasid Caliphate]] (750–1258)
*[[Principality of Tao-Klarjeti]] (813–1008)
 
;East Asia
*[[Han dynasty]] (206 BC – AD 220) 
*[[Goguryeo]] (37 BC – AD 668)
*[[Buyeo kingdom|Buyeo]] (150 BC - AD 494)
*[[Baekje]] (18 BC - AD 660)
*[[Silla]] (57 BC - AD 935)
*[[Jin dynasty (266–420)]]
*[[Three Kingdoms]] (220–280) 
*[[Sixteen Kingdoms]] (304–439) 
*[[Northern and Southern dynasties]] (420–589) 
*[[Sui dynasty]] (581–618) 
*[[Tang dynasty]] (618–907)
*[[Balhae]] (698–926)
*[[Liao dynasty]] (907–1125)
*[[Song dynasty]] (960–1279)

;Central Asia
{{see|Cities along the Silk Road|Silk Road transmission of Buddhism}}
*[[Zhangzhung]] (500 BC – AD 625)<ref name="Aldenderfer2007">{{cite book |last=Aldenderfer |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Gu9M-IrLigC&pg=PA1 |title=Discoveries in Western Tibet and the Western Himalayas: Essays on History, Literature, Archaeology and Art |publisher=Brill |year=2007 |isbn=978-90-04-15520-6 |editor=Amy Heller and Giacomella Orofino |series=Tibetan Studies, Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, Oxford, 2003 |location=Leiden |pages=1–22 |chapter=Defining Zhang Zhung ethnicity: an archaeological perspective from far western Tibet}}</ref>
*[[Xiongnu]] (1st century)
*[[Kushan Empire]] (30–375)
*[[Xianbei state]] ([[Mongols]]) (–234)
*[[Hephthalite Empire]] (440s–670)
*[[Rouran Khaganate]] (330–555)
*[[Yenisei Kyrgyz]] (539–1219)
*[[Göktürks]] (552–744)
*[[Tibetan Empire]] (618–842)
*[[Volga Bulgaria]] (660-1240)
*[[Muslim conquest of Transoxiana]] (673–751)
*[[Uyghur Khaganate]] (744–840)
*[[Oghuz Yabgu State]] (766–1055)
*[[Kimek–Kipchak confederation]] (880–1200)

;South Asia
*[[Indo-Scythians]] ({{circa|150 BC}} – 400)
*[[Indo-Parthian Kingdom]] (12 BC – 130)
*[[Kushan Empire]] (30–375)
*[[Gupta Empire]] (280–590) 
*[[Varman dynasty]] (350–655)
*[[Pushyabhuti dynasty]] (500–647)
*[[Maukhari dynasty]] (550–800)
*[[Kalachuris of Mahishmati|Kalachuri dynasty]] (550–625)
*[[Later Gupta dynasty|Later Guptas]] (590–700)
*[[Rashtrakuta dynasty]] (753–982)
*[[Chola dynasty]] (300–1279) 
*[[Pala Empire]] (750–1162)

;Southeast Asia 
{{see|Indianization of Southeast Asia}}
*[[Srivijaya]] (650–1377)
;Oceania
*[[Austronesian expansion]]
*[[Tuʻi Tonga Empire]] (950s–1865)

|<!--Europe-->
;Southeastern Europe 
*[[Roman Empire|Roman]]/[[Byzantine Empire]] (27 BC – 1453) <!--Exarchate of Ravenna, Catepanate of Italy--> 
*[[ Slavic invasion of the Balkans|Slavic expansion]] (500–800)
*[[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarian Empire]] (682–1018)
;Italy 
*[[Roman Empire]] (27 BC – 480)
*[[Byzantine Empire]] (584–1071) <!--Exarchate of Ravenna, Catepanate of Italy--> 
*[[Kingdom of the Lombards]] (568–774)
*[[Republic of Venice]] (697-)
*[[Carolingian Empire]] (751-843) 
*[[Papal States]] (754–) 
*[[Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)|Holy Roman Empire]] (962–1806)

;Iberia
*[[Roman Empire]] (27 BC – 480)
*[[Kingdom of the Suebi]] (409–585)
*[[Visigothic Kingdom]] (418–720)
*[[Emirate of Córdoba]] (756–929)
*[[Kingdom of Asturias]] (720–910)
*[[Kingdom of León]] (910–1230)

;Western / Central Europe
*[[Migration Period|Germanic expansion]] ({{Circa|100}} BC – AD 400) 
*[[Roman Empire]] (27 BC – 480)
*[[History of Ireland (400–800)|Early Christian Ireland]] (400–800)
*[[Sub-Roman Britain]] (410-597)
*[[Anglo-Saxon England]] ({{Circa|500}}–1066)
*[[Merovingian dynasty|Francia]] (511–751)
*[[Duchy of Bavaria]] (555–)
*[[Samo's Empire]] (631–658)
*[[Carolingian Empire]] (751-843) 
*[[Great Moravia]] (833-907) 
*[[West Francia]] (843–987)
*[[East Francia]] (843–962)
*[[Duchy of Bohemia]] (870–1198)
*[[Principality of Hungary]] (895-1000)
*[[Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)|Kingdom of Croatia]] (925–)
*[[Kingdom of England]] (927–)
*[[Holy Roman Empire]] (962–1806)
*[[Capetian France]] (987–)

;Eastern Europe
*[[Sarmatia]] ({{Circa|467 BC}} – AD 370)
*[[Bosporan Kingdom]] (438 BC – AD 370)
*[[Roman Crimea]] (47 BC – AD 340)
*[[Goths]] ({{circa|200}}–370)
*[[Alans]] ({{circa|200}}–370)
*[[Hunnic Empire]] (370s–469)
*[[First Turkic Khaganate]] (6th century)
*[[Avar Khaganate]] (567 – after 822)
*[[Khazar Khaganate]] (650–969)
*[[Volga Bulgaria]] (660-1240)
*[[Kievan Rus']] (882–1240)

;Northern Europe
*[[Roman Iron Age]] (1–500)
*[[Vendel Period]] (550–790)
*[[Viking Age]] (790–1066)
*[[Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Kingdom of Norway]] (872–)

|<!--Americas-->
;Mesoamerica
*[[Zapotec civilization|Zapotec]]
*[[Maya civilization]] (250–900) 
*[[Teotihuacan]] (550–)
*[[Toltec]] ({{Circa|900}}–1168)
*[[Teuchitlan tradition|Teuchitlan]]
*[[Calakmul|Kaan Kingdom]]

;South America
*[[Lima culture]] ({{Circa|100|650}})
*[[Moche culture]] ({{Circa|100}}–700)
*[[Tiwanaku empire]] ({{Circa|300}}–1150)
*[[Wari culture]] ({{Circa|500}}–1000)
*[[Kingdom of Quito|Cara culture]] ({{Circa|800}} – ?)
*[[Tairona]] ({{Circa|900}} – ?)

;North America
*[[Woodland period]]
**[[Hopewell tradition]]
**[[Baytown culture]]
**[[Plum Bayou culture]]
**[[Troyville culture]]
*[[Mississippian culture]] ({{Circa|800}}–1600)
*[[Dorset culture]]
*[[Thule people|Thule tradition]]
*[[Eastern Settlement|Norse Greendland]] (985 – 15th century)
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