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Antiquity[edit]

Region Name Founding event Founding date Ending date Ultimate fate Monarch title
British Isles Kingship of Tara/High King of Ireland Foundation by Sláine mac Dela (legendary) 1934 BC or 1514 BC October 14, AD 1318 Death of the last High King Edward Bruce High King or Ard Rí
British Isles various petty Irish kingdoms or Túatha various prehistory September 14, AD 1607 Flight of the Earls King or
Greece Mycenae settlement by Indo-Europeans circa 2000 BC 468 BC Destruction by Argos King
Greece Athens founded by King Cecrops I (legendary) 1556 BC 753 BC Establishment of the Athenian republic King (prior to 1068 BC)/Archon (after 1068 BC)
  • Ancient Greek monarchies


Early middle ages[edit]

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire to about AD 1000

  • Scandanavia
    • Various petty kingdoms

High Middle Ages[edit]

From about 1000 - 1300

Late Middle Ages and Rennaissance[edit]

From about 1300 - about 1700

  • Italy