List of rump states

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A rump state is the remnant of a once-larger government, left with limited powers or authority after a disaster, invasion or military occupation.

For example, the Seleucid Empire, which once controlled most of the Middle-East, was reduced drastically in size by the rise of the Parthian Empire in its eastern provinces due to a regional rebellion. What was left of the once large empire was a rump state composed of little more than Antioch, Damascus, and an area roughly equal in size to modern Syria.

Some other states labeled as rump states, or that today would be considered rump states, at one point or another include:

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[edit] Ancient

[edit] Late Antiquity

[edit] Early Middle Ages

[edit] High Middle Ages

[edit] Late Middle Ages

[edit] Early Modern

[edit] 19th Century

[edit] World War I and aftermath

[edit] World War II

[edit] Since World War II

[edit] See also

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