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Afrika

Vakataka - Pravarasena I , kejsare ( 270 - 330 )
Ghassanids - Talabah ibn Amr , kung ( 270 - 287 )
Gupta - Ghatotkacha , Maharaja ( 280 - 319 )
Dhanyavadi - Tyuriya Patipat , kung ( 245 - 298 )
Western Kshatrapas - Visvasimha , Mahakshatrap ( 277 - 282 )
Iberia - Asparug I, kung ( 265-284 ) _
Kina ( västra Jin ) - Wu-di (Sima Yan), kejsare ( 265 - 290 )
Korea ( period med tre stater ):
- Kaya - Maphum Confederation , Wang ( 259 - 291 )
- Goguryeo - Seocheon , taewang ( 270 - 292 )
- Baekje - Koi , kung ( 234-286 )_ _
- Silla - Michhu , isagim ( 262 - 284 )
Lakhmids (Hira) - Amr I ibn Adi , kung ( 268 - 295 )
Pagan - Hti Min Ying , kung ( 242 - 299 )
Persien (sassanider) - Bahram II , Shahinshah ( 276 - 293 )
Rajarata - Mahasena , kung ( 277-304 )_ _
Toba - Toba Silu , ledare ( 277 - 286 )
Chera - Perumkadungo , kung ( 257-287 )_ _
Japan - Ojin , kejsare ( 270-310 )_ _