Late Middle Ages
- The Tu'i Tonga Empire from the secession of Samoa c. 1300 to its dissolution c. 1800.
- Cambodia as the successor to the Khmer Empire from the early 14th century.
- The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada in the 14th and 15th centuries until the capture of Granada by the Kingdom of Spain in 1492.
- The Hoysala Empire from the invasions of the Sultanate of Delhi c. 1318 until its dissolution c. 1346, and then the Vijayanagara Empire as its successor until its consolidation of power in southern India in the late 14th century.
- France during the Hundred Years' War against the English, Flemish, Basques, Portuguese, and Burgundians, from 1337 to 1453. (Map A, Map B, )
- The Serbian Empire from 1356 after the death of Stefan Dusan until its conquest by the Ottoman Empire in 1459.
- Mongolia as the successor to the Yuan Empire, after China regained its independence in 1368 under the Ming Dynasty.
- The Khanate of the Golden Horde and its successor khanates from the late 14th century until their conquest by Russia and the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century. (map)
- The Mali Empire from the mid-15th century to its liquidation by the Bambara and Fulbe in 1670.
- The Sultanate of Delhi from the invasions of Timur in 1398 until its liquidation by Mughal forces in 1526.
- The Ottoman Empire during the occupation of its eastern lands by the Timurids from 1400 to c. 1414 . See also Ottoman Interregnum.
- The Byzantine Empire in the 15th century, from the Ottoman invasions until its conquest in 1453. (Map)
- Albania during the revolt of Skanderbeg from 1443 to 1478. (Map)
- The Vijayanagara Empire during renewed Islamic invasions from c. 1446 to 1486.
- The Kingdom of Burgundy from 1453 to the conquest of Burgundy proper by France in 1477 (map), then the Burgundian Netherlands as its successor (map) until their incorporation in the Habsburg Empire after the death of Queen Mary of Burgundy in 1482.
- The Duchy of Prussia as the successor to the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights, from the Second Peace of Thorn (1466) with Poland-Lithuania in 1525 until its 1618 union with Brandenburg. See also Thirteen Years' War.
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