1. Safavid Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_dynasty
2. Byzantine Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
3.Roman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
4. Ottoman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire
5. Sassanid Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassanid_Empire
6. Empire of Trebizond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Trebizond
7. Empire of Nicaea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Nicaea
8. Holy Roman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
9. Mughal Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mughal_Empire
10. Mongol Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire
11. Timurid Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timurid_Empire
12. British Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire
13. Khwarezmian Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khwarezmid_Empire
14. Russian Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_empire
15. First French Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_French_Empire
16. Second French Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_Empire
17. French colonial empires
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empires
18. German Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_empire
19. German colonial empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Colonial_Empire
20. Ptolemaic Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemaic_Empire
21. Macedonian Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedon
22. Seleucid Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seleucid_Empire
23. Achaemenid Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire
24. Kurdish Kingdom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharazor