Results for "empire"
16 peoples found.
Safavid dynastyصفویان
🇮🇷 Iran and 11 moreRuling dynasty of Iran from 1501 to 1736, founders of Shia state religion
Historical, Turkic, Indo-Iranian
Mandinka
🇬🇳 Guinea and 9 moreDescendants of the Mali Empire living across West Africa
About 11 million, Mande
Wolof
🇸🇳 Senegal and 2 moreLargest ethnic group of Senegal, with deep roots in the Senegambia region
About 7.9 million, Niger–Congo, West Atlantic branch
Lakhmids
🇮🇶 Iraq and 1 moreArab dynasty ruling southern Mesopotamia and northeastern Arabia (3rd–7th century CE)
Historical, Semitic (Arabic, Syriac), Iranian (Middle Persian)
SoninkeSoninké
🇲🇱 Mali and 10 moreMande-speaking people of West Africa, founders of the ancient Ghana Empire
About 2.8 million, Mande
Ripuarian Franks
🇩🇪 Germany and 3 moreA Frankish group settled around Cologne on the Rhine after the Roman Empire
Historical
Sciri
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 2 moreAn East Germanic people once living north of the Black Sea and Danube
Historical, Germanic
Durrani
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 3 moreA major Pashtun tribal confederation of southern Afghanistan and Pakistan
About 8.2 million, Indo-Iranian
Tribe of Joseph
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreA major ancient Israelite tribe later divided into Ephraim and Manasseh
Historical, Semitic
Ongud
🇨🇳 China and 1 moreTurkic-Mongolic tribe of northern China and Mongolia in medieval times
Historical
Banu Kalb
🇸🇾 Syria and 7 moreA major Arab tribe of the Syrian desert and steppe, 5th–12th centuries CE
Historical, Semitic
Qiniq
🇹🇷 Turkey and 3 moreAn Oghuz Turkic tribe, founders of the Seljuk dynasty
Historical, Turkic
PalembangUwong Pelémbang
🇮🇩 IndonesiaNative people of Palembang city and South Sumatra, Indonesia
About 1.3 million, Malay (Austronesian)