A guide to some of the major monarchies of the world from ancient Egypt to the present day, arranged in chronological tables in broad geographical groupings, accompanied by notes on dating systems, sources etc.

The Ancient Near East -- Ancient Egypt -- Early Mesopotamia -- Assyria -- Babylonia -- The Hittite Kingdom -- The Hebrew Kingdoms -- The Kingdom of Lydia -- The Persian Empire -- The Hellenistic World -- The Kingdom of Macedonia -- The Kingdom of Syracuse -- The Ptolemaic Dynasty -- The Seleucid Dynasty -- Bithynia and Pontus -- Pergamum: the Attalids -- The Parthian Empire -- The Hasmonaean Kingdom -- The Roman and Byzantine Worlds -- The Roman Empire -- The Kingdom of Numidia -- The Herodian Kingdoms -- Persia: the Sasanids -- The Eastern Roman Empire -- The Kingdom of Armenia -- The Empire of Thessalonica -- The Empire of Trebizond -- The Barbarian West -- The Visigothic Kingdom -- The Vandal Kingdom -- The Frankish Kingdom -- The Ostrogothic Kingdom -- The Lombard Kingdom -- The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms -- Europe -- The British Isles -- The Kingdom of England -- The Kingdom of Scotland -- The Principality of Wales -- The High Kingship of Ireland -- France -- The Kingdom of France -- The County and Duchy of Anjou -- The Duchy of Aquitaine -- The Duchy of Bourbonnais -- The Duchy of Brittany -- The County of Champagne (Troyes) -- The Duchy of Normandy -- The County of Provence -- The County of Toulouse -- The Principality of Monaco -- The Low Countries -- The County of Flanders -- The County of Holland -- The County and Duchy of Luxemburg -- The Duchy of Lower Lorraine -- The County of Hainault -- The Duchy of Brabant -- The County of Artois -- Burgundy and the Low Countries -- The Modern Netherlands.