Country history · Asia
History of Bahrain
12 recorded states lay in what is now Bahrain, from Dilmun (2200 BCE) to the State of Bahrain. 1 of them has a full profile, and 11 outside powers ruled here.
Profiles
Empires that ruled here
Babylonian Empire1894 BCE – 1595 BCE1 state here
Assyrian Empire2025 BCE – 609 BCE1 state here
Chaldean Empire626 BCE – 539 BCE1 state here
Achaemenid Empire559 BCE – 330 BCE1 state here
Umayyad Caliphate661 CE – 750 CE1 state here
Seljuk Empire1037 CE – 1194 CE1 state here
Ilkhanate1256 CE – 1357 CE1 state here
Portuguese Empire1415 CE – 1975 CE3 states here
Safavid Empire1501 CE – 1736 CE2 states here
Ottoman Empire1299 CE – 1922 CE1 state here
British Empire1583 CE – 1997 CE1 state here
Timeline
23rd century BCE
7th century
9th century
11th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
18th century
20th century
In the encyclopedia
Shared histories
States that also lay in other present-day countries:
States of Arabia and the Gulf → All country histories →
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Bahrain. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/bahrain
- MLA
- “History of Bahrain.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/bahrain. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “History of Bahrain.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/bahrain.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Bahrain’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/bahrain (Accessed: ).