List of historical states of Georgia
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This is an incomplete list of states that have existed on the present-day territory of Georgia since ancient times. It includes de facto independent entities like the major medieval Duchies (saeristavo).
Antiquity
- Kingdom of Diauehi (12th-8th centuries BC)
- Kingdom of Colchis (550 BC–164 BC)
- Kingdom of Lazica (6th century BC-7th century AD)
- Kingdom of Iberia (302 BC-580 AD)
Early Middle Ages
- Principate of Iberia (580-888)
- Emirate of Tbilisi (736-1122)
- Kingdom of Abkhazia (778-1008)
- Kingdom of Hereti (787-1014)
- Principality of Kakheti (787-1014)
- Bagratid Iberia (888-1008)
- Unified Kingdom of Kakheti & Hereti (1014–1104)
Unification and fragmentation (11th–18th centuries)
Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Georgia (978-1466)
- Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762)
- Kingdom of Kakheti (1455-1762)
- Kingdom of Kartli & Kakheti (1762-1801)
- Kingdom of Imereti (1455-1810)
Principalities
- Principality of Samtskhe (1268-1628)
- Principality of Guria (1460s-1829)
- Principality of Svaneti (1460s-1857)
- Principality of Mingrelia (1557-1857)
- Principality of Abkhazia (1660-1866)
Duchies
- Duchy of Kldekari (876-1103)
- Duchy of Racha (1050-1789)
- Duchy of Aragvi (1380-1747)
- Duchy of Ksani (15th c.-1801)
Modern history
- Republic of Guria (1905–1906)
- Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)
- Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (1921–1991)
- Republic of Georgia (1991–present)