List of predecessors of sovereign states in Asia
This is a list of all present sovereign states in Asia and their predecessors. The boundaries of Asia are culturally determined, as there is no clear geographical separation between it and Europe, which together form one continuous landmass called Eurasia. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas.[1][2]
Sovereign state | Predecessors |
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Afghanistan | Durrani Empire (1747–1826) |
Armenia | Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (1918) |
Azerbaijan | |
Bahrain | |
Bangladesh | |
Bhutan | |
Brunei | |
Cambodia | Chenla (550–802) Kingdom of Cambodia (1431–1863) and |
Greater China | Mainland China
Qin dynasty (221 BC-206 BC) Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)Three Kingdoms (220–280) Jin dynasty (265–420) North and South dynasties (386–590) Sui (581–618) Great Tang (618–907) Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907–960) Liao dynasty (907–1125), Song dynasty (960–1279) and Jin dynasty (1115–1234)[7] Mongol Empire (1206–1368) and Great Yuan[8] (1271–1368) Great Ming (1368–1644) Kingdom of Middag (17th century) (coalition of Taiwanese indigenous tribes; limited historical records) |
Cyprus | |
Egypt | Kingdom of Egypt (ca. 3100 BC - 525 BC)
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Georgia | |
India | Janapada(1500-600 BCE) Mahajanapadas(600-300 BCE) Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) Early classical period (200 BCE-320 CE) Gupta Empire – Golden Age (320–550 CE) late Classical to early medieval periods (550–1200 CE) Late medieval period (1200–1526 CE) Early modern period (1526–1858 CE)
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Indonesia | |
Iran | Parthian Empire (247 BC–224 AD) Kara Koyunlu (1375–1468) Aq Qoyunlu (1378–1501) |
Iraq | |
Israel | Kingdom of Israel (c. 1047 BCE–930 BCE) |
Japan | |
Jordan | |
Kazakhstan | |
Korea, North | Unified Silla (668-935) Balhae (698–926) |
Korea, South | Kingdom of Baekje (18 BC-660 AD) Unified Silla (668-935) |
Kuwait | |
Kyrgyzstan | |
Laos | Kingdom of Lan Xang (1354–1707) |
Lebanon | |
Malaysia | |
Maldives | |
Mongolia | Mongol Empire (1206–1368) and Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Northern Yuan dynasty (1368–1635) |
Myanmar | |
Nepal | Gorkha Kingdom (1743–1768) |
Oman | |
Pakistan | |
Palestine | |
Philippines | Kingdom of Tondo (900–1589), Confederation of Madja-as (c.1200–1569), |
Qatar | |
Russia[10] | Grand Duchy of Moscow (1283–1547) |
Saudi Arabia | |
Singapore | |
Sri Lanka |
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Syria | |
Tajikistan | |
Thailand | Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1438), Lan Na Kingdom (1292–1775), Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom (1st millennium–15th century) |
Timor-Leste (East Timor) |
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Turkey | Hittite Empire (1600 – 1178 BC) Phrygia (1200 – 700 BC)
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Turkmenistan | |
United Arab Emirates | |
Uzbekistan | |
Vietnam |
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Yemen | Aden Protectorate (1869–1963) |
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- National Geographic Atlas of the World (7th ed.). Washington, DC: National Geographic. 1999. ISBN 978-0-7922-7528-2. "Europe" (pp. 68–9); "Asia" (pp. 90–1): "A commonly accepted division between Asia and Europe is formed by the Ural Mountains, Ural River, Caspian Sea, Caucasus Mountains, and the Black Sea with its outlets, the Bosporus and Dardanelles."
- Maley, William (2009). The Afghanistan Wars: Second Edition. Twentieth-Century Wars. 2. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 101. ISBN 9781137013613.
- Marcin, Gary (1998). "The Taliban". King's College. Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- ISO 3166-1 NEWSLETTER No. V-4 changed the official name of Azerbaijan from "Azerbaijani Republic" to "Republic of Azerbaijan" and changed the spelling of "Kazakstan" to "Kazakhstan".
- Ben Cahoon, WorldStatesmen.org. "Bangladesh". Retrieved 23 March 2015.
- Mote, F.W. (1999). Imperial China, 900-1800. Harvard University Press. p. 68–71, 123–124. ISBN 0-674-01212-7.
- "Civil Society in China: The Legal Framework from Ancient Times to the 'New Reform Era'", p39, note 69.
- Yamamuro, Shin'ichi (2006). Manchuria Under Japanese Domination. Translated by Joshua A. Fogel. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-8122-3912-6. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Russia is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, but is considered European historically, culturally, ethnically, and politically, and the vast majority of its population (78%) lives within its European part.