List of Bronze Age states

The Bronze Age (c. 3300–1200 BC) marks the emergence of the first complex state societies, and by the Middle Bronze Age (mid-3rd millennium BC) the first empires. This is a list of Bronze Age polities.

By the end of the Bronze Age, complex state societies were mostly limited to the Fertile Crescent and to China, while Bronze Age tribal chiefdoms with less complex forms of administration were found throughout Bronze Age Europe and Central Asia, in the northern Indian subcontinent, and in parts of Mesoamerica and the Andes (although these latter societies were not in the Bronze Age cultural stage).

West Asia

NameCapitalState typeExistedAkkadian EmpireAkkadEmpire2334 BC – 2154 BCAlashiyaEnkomi, KalavasosKingdom 1450 BC – 1050 BC AmurruSumerKingdom2000 BC – 1200 BCArme-ShupriaVanKingdom1290 BC – 1190 BCArmiArmiKingdom city state/client2290 BC – 40 BCArzawaApasaConfederation of principalities1700 BC – 1300 BCAssyriaAssurEmpire2025 BC – 609 BCAssuwa leagueVariousConfederation of city states1400 BC – 1250 BCBabyloniaBabylonEmpire1894 BC – 1595 BCByblosByblosPhoenocian city state1800 BC – 970 BCCanaanVariousConfederation of city states1800 BC – 1194 BCDilmunQal'atKingdom2600 BC – 675 BCEblaEblaKingdom3500 BC – 1600 BCElamSusaKingdom3200 BC – 539 BCEshnunaEshnunnaKingdom city state2000 BC – 8th century BCGutiumArrapkhaKingdom2141 BC – 2050 BCHattiHattusaPrincipality city states2700 BC – 1900 BCHayasa-AzziSamuha2 Kingdom confederation1500 BC – 1190 BCHittite EmpireHattusaEmpire1600 BC – 1178 BCHyksosItjtawy, ThebesConfederacy1800 BC – 1180 BCIsuwanot specifiedKingdom2800 BC – 12th c BC KassiteBabylonKingdom1595 BC – 1135 BCKaskiaZalpa, NerikTribal confederation/kingdom1430 BC – 1200 BCKizzuwatnaKummanniKingdom1600 BC – 1220 BCKussaraKussaraKingdom city states1900 BC – 1650 BCLukkaNot specifiedTribal kingdom2000 BC – 1183 BCLullubiLulubunaTribal kingdom2400 BC – 650 BCLuviaTribal kingdom2000 BC – 1400 BCMaganNot specifiedKingdom2200 BC – 550 BCMarhasiMarhašiKingdom city state2900 BC – 1900 BCMariMariKingdom city state2900 BC – 1759 BCMittaniWashukanniKingdom1600 BC – 1300 BCNagarNagarKingdom2600 BC – 2300 BCPala?Kingdom???–1178 BCPhoeniciaVariousKingdom city states1500 BC – 332 BCPurushandaPurušhandaKingdom city state2000 BC – 1650 BCQatnaQatnaCity-State2000 BC – 1340 BCSea PeoplesNot specifiedTribal confederacy1575 BC – 1175 BCSumerVariousKingdom city states4500 BC – 2334 BCTroasTroyKingdom2000 BC – 700 BCUgaritUgaritKingdom city state2500 BC – 1090 BCUrUrcity state3800 BC – 800 BCUrkeshUrkeshKingdom city state/client2250 BC – 1350 BCYamhadHalabKingdom1810 BC – 1525 BCZalpaZalpaKingdom city state/client1830 BC – 1670 BC

Africa NameCapital/sTypeExistedEarly Dynastic EgyptThinis, MemphisKingdom3150–2686 BCOld Kingdom of EgyptMemphisKingdom2686 BC – 2181 BCMiddle Kingdom of EgyptThebesKingdom2055 BC – 1650 BCEgyptian EmpireAkhetaten, Pi-Ramesses, ThebesEmpire1550 BC – 1070 BCNubiaKermaPrincipalities2500 – 15th century BCLibuNot specifiedTribal chiefdoms1550 BC – 630 BCPuntNot specifiedKingdom2400 BC – 980 BC

Americas namecapitalstate typeexistedCaral–Supe civilizationVariouscity states3500–1800 BCCasma-SechinVariouscity state3600–200 BCOlmecLa VentaKingdom city states1600–400 BC

Europe

NameCapital/sTypeExistedColchisildamus; AiaLoose tribal confederacy, kingdom1300-164 BCDiauehiUnknown; theorised to be zua or utuLoose tribal Confederacy1100-700 BCMinoaKnossosKingdom city states3100–1000 BCMycenaeaMycenaeKingdom city states1600–1100 BCSea PeoplesNot specifiedTribal confederacy1500 – 1175 BC

Asia Eurasian Steppe and Central Asia NameCapitalTypeExistedBactria–MargianaGonurTribal kingdoms2300–1700 BCColchisPhasisKingdom1300 BC – 2nd century AD

East Asia

namecapitalstate typeexistedQiQiDukedom1600–445 BCShangAnyangKingdom1600–1046 BCXiaYangchengKingdom2070–1600 BC

South Asia

namecapitalstate typeexistedMehrgarhMehrgarhunclear7000 –2500/2000 BCIndus Valley civilizationHarappa ? unclear3300–1300 BC

See also Copper Age state societies List of Iron Age states (c. 1200–600 BC) List of Classical Age states (c. 600 BC – 200 AD) List of former sovereign states List of ancient great powers List of largest empires

References

External links History Files Livius Ancient History Articles World History Maps (individual) from 1300 BC to 1500 AD