swap_horiz Goryeo Alternatives

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Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty (960-1279) represents a significant period in Chinese history. It was an imperial dynasty marked by sub...

Asia Medieval Economic Imperial China

8.9 Great

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Yuan Dynasty

The Yuan Dynasty was the Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1271 to 1368. It was established by Kublai...

Asia Medieval Mongol Imperial China

8.7 Great

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Khmer Empire

Centered in modern-day Cambodia from 802 to 1431, the Khmer Empire was the largest continuous empire in Southeast Asia....

Asia Medieval Southeast Asia Buddhist

8.4 Great

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Chola dynasty

The Chola dynasty was a Tamil ruling house whose imperial period extended from the ninth through the thirteenth centurie...

Asia Medieval South Asia Maritime

8.2 Great

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Golden Horde

The Golden Horde was the northwestern successor state of the Mongol Empire, established under Batu Khan in the thirteent...

Asia Medieval Mongol Turkic

8.2 Great

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Majapahit Empire

The Majapahit Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist thalassocracy based on the island of Java that existed from 1293 to roughly 15...

Asia Medieval Southeast Asia Hindu Buddhist

7.9 Good

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Timurid Empire

The Timurid Empire was a Sunni Muslim khanate and Turco-Mongol empire established by the warlord Timur, also known as Ta...

Asia Medieval Turkic Persianate

7.9 Good

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire was a Hindu empire founded in southern India in 1336. It is notable for its immense wealth, the...

Asia Medieval Hindu South Asia

7.8 Good

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Sui Dynasty

The Sui dynasty was an imperial dynasty that reunified China in 589 and ruled until 618. Emperors Wen and Yang strengthe...

Medieval East Asian Ancient Dynasty

7.8 Good

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Joseon

Joseon was a Korean dynasty founded by Yi Seong-gye in 1392 and lasting until the proclamation of the Korean Empire in 1...

Korean Asia Early Modern Confucian

7.7 Good

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Kamakura Shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was Japan's first enduring warrior-led government, based at Kamakura and conventionally dated fro...

Asia Japanese Medieval Feudal

7.6 Good

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Rashtrakuta Dynasty

The Rashtrakuta Dynasty was a prominent Indian empire that ruled large parts of the Indian subcontinent, specifically th...

Classical Medieval Dynasty South Asia

7.6 Good

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Goguryeo

Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea and existed from 37 BCE until its defeat in 668 CE. It controlled territ...

Korean Asia Ancient Three Kingdoms

7.3 Good

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Liao Dynasty

The Liao Dynasty (907–1125 CE) was a vast multinational empire ruled by the nomadic Khitan people, spanning Manchuria, M...

China Medieval Dynasty East Asia

7.3 Good

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Jin Dynasty (Jurchen)

The Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234 CE) conquered northern China from the Song, ruling from modern Beijing until destroye...

China Medieval Dynasty East Asia

7.3 Good

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Silla

Silla was a Korean kingdom that existed from 57 BCE to 935 CE and was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. With support f...

Korean Asia Ancient Three Kingdoms

7.2 Good

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Tibetan Empire

The Tibetan Empire was a state centered on the Tibetan Plateau that expanded across parts of Central Asia and the Himala...

Asia Medieval Central Asia Buddhist

7.2 Good

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Marinid Dynasty

The Marinid dynasty was a Zenata Berber Muslim dynasty that ruled Morocco and, at different times, parts of the wider Ma...

Architecture Medieval North African Dynasty

7.0 Good

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Uyghur Khaganate

The Uyghur Khaganate was a Turkic empire centered in Mongolia from 744 until its defeat by the Kyrgyz in 840. Its capita...

Asia Medieval Central Asia Turkic

6.9 Fair

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Chagatai Khanate

The Chagatai Khanate was a Mongol successor state in Central Asia, named after Chagatai, a son of Genghis Khan. It devel...

Asia Medieval Mongol Central Asia

6.9 Fair