List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700

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{{More citations needed|date=January 2019}}This is a list of transcontinental former countries, i.e. countries which covered land on two or more continents, including islands associated with a continent other than the one where the country was based. The examples below are listed in chronological order{{Dubious|date=May 2018}} with the number of continents covered in parentheses and the country's primary continent listed first. When a timespan is included, it is the time period in which the country was transcontinental.

BC

  • Ancient Egyptian Empire (2) – Africa, Asia,{{Cite web |title=Mycenean Greece and The Orient about 1450 B. C. |url=https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/mycenean_greece_orient.jpg}}
  • Hyksos (2) – Asia, Africa (circa 1648–1540 BC){{cite web|url=http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/history12-17.htm#hyksos |title=Egyptian History: Dynasties 12 to 17 – The Middle Kingdom and the rule of the Hyksos |publisher=Reshafim.org.il |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Kingdom of Kush (2) – Africa, Asia (occupied portions of Edom and Judah circa 901 BC){{cite web|url=http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%2014:2-15;&version=31; |title=2 Chronicles 14:2–15; – Passage Lookup — New International Version |publisher=BibleGateway.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Sabaeans (2) – Asia, Africa{{cite web |url=http://www.yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=765&p=culture&a=1 |title=The link between the ancient Yemeni kingdom and the ancient Slovenian State of Carantania uncovered: - from Marib to Carantania - culture - Yemen Times |accessdate=2007-05-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070730230131/http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=765&p=culture&a=1 |archivedate=2007-07-30 }}
  • Cimmerians (2) – Europe, Asia (late 8th century BC) [map]
  • Assyria (2) – Asia, Africa (671–612 BC) [map]
  • Neo-Babylonian Empire (2) – Asia, Africa (567–539 BC){{cite web|url=http://www.enhancedweb.com/Babylon.htm |title=Babylon |publisher=Enhancedweb.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Achaemenid Empire (3) – Asia, Europe, Africa [map]
  • Carthage (2) – Africa, Europe{{cite web |url=http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ROME/CAREMMAP.HTM |title=Rome: The Carthaginian Empire in the Third Century BC |publisher=Wsu.edu:8080 |date=1999-06-06 |accessdate=2010-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527192035/http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ROME/CAREMMAP.HTM |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}
  • Alexander the Great (3) – Europe, Asia, Africa (334–323 BC) [map]
  • Ptolemaic Kingdom (3) – Africa, Asia, [map]{{Cite web |url=http://www.unc.edu/awmc/downloads/aegyptusPtolSml.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-21 |archive-date=2012-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324082551/http://www.unc.edu/awmc/downloads/aegyptusPtolSml.jpg |url-status=dead }} Europe (at its peak) [map]
  • Lysimachian Kingdom (2) – Europe, Asia (306–281 BC) [map]
  • Seleucid Empire (2) – Asia, Europe (281 BC [map] and 196–191 BC [map])
  • Roman Empire (3) – Europe, Asia, Africa [map]

AD 1–AD 500

  • Sarmatians (2) – Europe, Asia [map]
  • Kingdom of Aksum (2) – Africa, Asia{{cite web|url=http://thearabhistory.com/qahtan |title=thearabhistory.com |publisher=thearabhistory.com |accessdate=2010-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928152602/http://thearabhistory.com/qahtan |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}[map]
  • Himyarite Kingdom (2) – Asia, Africa
  • Palmyrene Empire (2) – Asia, Africa (260–273)
  • Hunnic Empire (2) – Europe, Asia [map]
  • Byzantine Empire (3) – Europe, Asia, Africa [map]
  • Western Roman Empire (2) – Europe, Africa (395–476) [map]
  • Vandal Kingdom (2) – Europe, Africa [map]{{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/travel_time/europe_south_west_0500.html |title=Map of Europe, Southwest 500 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Ostrogoths (2) – Europe, Africa{{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_0500.html |title=Complete Map of Europe, Year 500 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}

500–1000

  • Sabirs (2) – Europe, Asia
  • Sassanid Empire (2) – Asia, Africa, (618–641) [map]
  • First Turkic KhaganatePeter Benjamin Golden, (2010), Central Asia in World History, p. 49 (2) – Asia, Europe
  • Islamic Caliphate
  • Rashidun Caliphate (2) – Asia, Africa (639–661) [map]
  • Umayyad Caliphate (3) – Asia, Africa, Europe (661–750) [map]
  • Abbasid Caliphate (3) – Asia, Africa, Europe (750–940){{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_0800.html |title=Complete Map of Europe, Year 800 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Alanian Empire (2) – Europe, Asia [map]
  • Khazar Empire (2) – Europe, Asia{{Cite web|url=http://geocities.com/ayatoles/webmap3.jpg|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027111439/http://geocities.com/ayatoles/webmap3.jpg|archive-date = 2009-10-27|title = Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos}}
  • Emirate of Córdoba (2) – Europe, Africa{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sw0800.htm |title=Map of Southwestern Europe in Year 800 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Pechenegs (2) – Europe, Asia [map]
  • Shailendra dynasty (2) – Asia, Oceania
  • Kingdom of Kakheti (2) – Asia, Europe
  • Kingdom of Abkhazia (2) – Asia, Europe
  • Aghlabid Emirate (2) – Africa, Europe (827–909){{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sw0900.htm |title=Map of Southwestern Europe in Year 900 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Tulunid Emirate (2) – Africa, Asia (877–904) [map]
  • Sajid Emirate of Azerbaijan (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sea0900.htm |title=Map of Southeastern Europe in Year 900 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Fatimid Caliphate (3) – Africa, Asia, [map] Europe [map]
  • Rus (2) – Europe, Asia (at its peak during the Caspian expedition of 913) [map]
  • Caliphate of Córdoba (2) – Europe, Africa{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sw1000.htm |title=Map of Southwestern Europe in Year 1000 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Ikhshidids (2) – Africa, Asia (935–969) [map]

1000–1450

  • Sallarid Emirate of Azerbaijan (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sea1000.htm |title=Map of Southeastern Europe in Year 1000 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Kalbid Emirate of Sicily (2) – Europe, Africa
  • Georgian Empire (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Almoravid Empire (2) – Africa, Europe [map]
  • Seljuqs (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Pisa (3) – Europe,{{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/travel_time/europe_south_west_1100.html |title=Map of Europe, Southwest 1100 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}} Asia, Africa [map]
  • Kediri Empire (2) – Asia, Oceania [map]
  • Chola Empire (2) – Asia, Oceania (at its peak circa 1050) [map]
  • Kingdom of Sicily (2) – Europe, Africa{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sw1200.htm |title=Map of Southwestern Europe in Year 1200 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Almohad Empire (2) – Africa, Europe
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem (2) – Asia, Africa (1164 and 1167) [map]
  • Ayyubid Sultanate (2) – Asia, Africa (1169–1250) [map]
  • Shirvanshah Empire (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sea1200.htm |title=Map of Southeastern Europe in Year 1200 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Latin Empire (2) – Europe, Asia (1204–1261) [map]
  • Venice (2) – Europe, Asia [map]{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/europe/eu1550.gif|title=Map of Europe in 1550|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107034827/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/europe/eu1550.gif|archive-date=7 November 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Second Bulgarian Empire (2) – Europe, Asia (at its peak) [map]
  • Khwarezmian Empire (2) – Asia, Europe (at its peak){{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/khwarizm1220.gif|title=Map of the Khwarezmian Empire in 1220|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102538/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/khwarizm1220.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Mongol Empire (2) – Asia, Europe [map] (largest empire of contiguous land ever)
  • Golden Horde (2) – Europe, Asia [map]
  • Empire of Nicaea (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Mamluk Empire (2) – Africa, Asia{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/northafrica/haxegypt.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Modern Egypt Page |publisher=Zum.de |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Majapahit Empire (2) – Asia, Oceania [map]{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/asia/asia1500large.gif|title=Map of Asia in 1500|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102542/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/asia/asia1500large.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Ilkhanate (2) – Asia, Europe (1255–1335){{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/ilkhanate1300.gif|title=Map of the Ilkhanate in 1300|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102541/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/ilkhanate1300.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Genoese Empire (2) – Europe, Asia{{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1400.html |title=Complete Map of Europe, Year 1400 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}[map]
  • Aragonese Empire (2) – Europe, Africa [map][map]
  • Marinid Sultanate (2) – Africa, Europe (1294–1344) [map]
  • Ottoman Empire (3) – Asia, Europe, Africa [map]
  • Buginese Empire (2) – Oceania (including northern Australia), Asia
  • Timurid Empire (2) – Asia, Europe{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5246/timur.jpg|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091027145335/http://www.geocities.com/Athens/5246/timur.jpg|archive-date = 2009-10-27|title = Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos}}
  • Nogai Horde Empire (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/goldenhorde1480.gif|title=Map of the Golden Horde in 1480|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102541/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/goldenhorde1480.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Castilian Empire (2) – Europe, Africa [map]
  • Kara Koyunlu Empire (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Kingdom of Norway (872–1397) (2) – Europe, North America [map]

1450–1700

Since 1700

  • British Empire (7) – (English Empire until 1707) Asia, Oceania, Africa, Europe, South America, North America, Antarctica
  • Omani Empire (2) – Asia, Africa{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/africa/afr1830.gif|title=Map of Africa in 1830|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102540/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/africa/afr1830.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}} (from 1840 to 1856, Said bin Sultan had the capital in Stone Town, Zanzibar)
  • Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (2) – Europe, Africa (1714–1718){{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/italy/haxsicily.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Sicily Page |publisher=Zum.de |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Russian Empire (3) – Europe, Asia, North America [map]
  • United States of America (5) – North America, Africa (1810–1814), [map] Asia (1898-1945), Oceania, South America (1898–1979) [map][map]
  • Argentina (2) – South America, Antarctica
  • Mexico (2) - North America, Oceania
  • Chile (3) - South America, Antarctica, Oceania
  • Ecuador (2) - South America, Oceania
  • Portugal (3) - Europe, Africa, North America
  • Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (2) – Europe, Africa (1816–1860) [map]
  • Kingdom of Italy (2) – Europe, Africa (1861–1889)[map]
  • German Empire (4) – Europe, Africa, Oceania, Asia (1884–1919) [map]
  • Belgium (2) – Europe, Africa (1908–1962) [map]
  • Denmark (4) – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa [map]
  • Japanese Empire (3) – Asia, Oceania (1898–1945), North America (1943) [map][map]
  • Norway (2) – Europe, Antarctica [map]
  • France (7) – Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Oceania, Antarctica (1830–1962)
  • Commonwealth of Australia (3) – Oceania, Asia, Antarctica{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/ebi/art-93089?articleTypeId=31|title=Australian External Territories|website=www.britannica.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210123834/http://www.britannica.com/ebi/art-93089/A-map-shows-the-islands-shaded-in-orange-that-make?&articleTypeId=31|archive-date=10 December 2007|url-status=dead}}[map]
  • Union of South Africa (1948–1961) and Republic of South Africa (2) – Africa, Antarctica (if the Prince Edward Islands are considered Antarctic islands)
  • United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves (5) – Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania
  • Uzbek Khanate (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/goldenhorde1440.gif|title=Map of the Golden Horde in 1440|website=www.zum.de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014102537/http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/goldenhorde1440.gif|archive-date=14 October 2023|url-status=dead}}
  • Ak Koyunlu Empire (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Khanate of Sibir (2) – Asia, Europe [map]
  • Astrakhan Khanate (2) – Europe, Asia{{cite web|url=http://www.euratlas.com/big/big1500.htm |title=Complete Map of Europe, Year 1500 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date=2007-01-13 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Safavid Empire (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sea1500.htm |title=Map of Southeastern Europe in Year 1500 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}[map]
  • Crimean Khanate (2) – Europe, Asia (at its peak){{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/haxcrimeantatars.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Crimean Tatars Page |publisher=Zum.de |date=2005-02-22 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Grand Duchy of Moscow [map] and Tsardom of Russia{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/haxsiberia.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Siberia Page |publisher=Zum.de |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}} (2) – Europe, Asia
  • Kalmyk Khanate (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/russia/haxkalmykia.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Kalmykia Page |publisher=Zum.de |date=2005-02-23 |accessdate=2010-03-16}}[map]
  • Kingdom of Bali (2) – Asia, Oceania [map]
  • Afsharid Empire (2) – Asia, Europe (1736–1747)
  • Kazakh Khanate (2) – Asia, Europe{{cite web|url=http://www.zum.de/whkmla/histatlas/centrasia/haxkazakhstan.html |title=WHKMLA : Historical Atlas, Kazakhstan Page |publisher=Zum.de |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Quba Khanate (2) – Europe, Asia (1747–1806){{cite web|author=Euratlas |url=http://www.euratlas.com/time/sea1800.htm |title=Map of Southeastern Europe in Year 1800 |publisher=Euratlas.com |date= |accessdate=2010-03-16}}
  • Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti (2) – Asia, Europe (1762–1801)
  • Qajar Empire (2) – Asia, Europe (1794–1813){{cite web |url=http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/wai/map.htm |title= Iran (Persia), 1800-1900 A.D. | Timeline of Art History | the Metropolitan Museum of Art|website=www.metmuseum.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230552/http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/10/wai/map.htm |archive-date=September 30, 2007}}[map]
  • Later Egyptian Empire (3) – Africa, Asia, Europe (1803–1807 and 1833–1882) [map]
  • United Provinces of New Granada (2) – South America, North America (1810–1816)
  • Gran Colombia (2) – South America, Central America (1819–1831) [map]
  • Republic of the New Granada (1831–1858) and Granadine Confederation (1858–1863) (2) – South America, Central America [map]
  • Greece (2) – Europe, Asia (1920 – 1923) [map] [map]
  • Alash Orda (2) – Asia, Europe (December 1917 – May 1920)
  • Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic (2) – Asia, Europe (February 24 – May 28, 1918) [map]
  • Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (2) – Europe, Asia (March 6, 1917 – November 30, 1922)
  • Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (2) – Asia, Europe (May 28, 1918 – April 28, 1920) [map]
  • Democratic Republic of Georgia (2) – Asia, Europe (May 28, 1918 – February 25, 1921) [map]
  • Centrocaspian Dictatorship (2) – Asia, Europe (August 1 – September 15, 1918)
  • Russian SFSR (2) – Europe, Asia (November 1917 – December 1991) [map]
  • Soviet Union (2) – Europe, Asia (December 1922 – December 1991) [map]
  • West Indies Federation (2) – North America, South America (1958–1962) [map]
  • United Arab Republic [map] and United Arab States (2) – Africa, Asia (1958–1961)
  • Protectorate of South Arabia (1963–1967), People's Republic of South Yemen (1967–1970), and People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1970–1990) (2) – Asia, Africa
  • Federation of Arab Republics (2) – Africa, Asia (1972–1977) [map]

See also

References

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Historical countries

Transcontinental