When did the leaders of Civilization VI reign? I've done the research for you. This list provides approximate start and end dates for each ruler's historical reign (to the best available estimates). This is handy if you want to play through each Civ in chronological order, or want to populate the world with Civs of around the same time period. Have fun! Historical Chronology of Civilization Rulers ~2800 - 2500 BC - Gilgamesh of Sumeria ~1792 - 1750 BC - Hammurabi of Babylon 1279 - 1213 BC - Ramses II of Egypt ~825 BC - Dido of Phoenicia 559 - 530 BC - Cyrus of Persia ~530 BC - Tomyris of Scythia ~ 490 - 480 BC - Gorgo of Greece 461 - 429 BC - Pericles of Greece 336 - 323 BC - Alexander of Macedon 321 - 297 BC - Chandragupta of India 247/05/07 - 221 BC - Qin Shi Huang of China ~ 57 - 54 BC - Ambiorix of Gaul 51 - 30/08/11 BC - Cleopatra of Egypt 49 - 44/03/15 BC - Julius Caesar of Rome --------- 1 BC - 20 - Amanitore of Nubia 98/01/27 - 117/08/08 - Trajan of Rome 248 - Bà Triệu of Vietnam 527/04/01 - 548/06/28 - Theodora of Byzantium 632 - 647 - Seondeok of Korea 682 - 741/02/11 - Lady Six Sky of the Maya 690/10/16 - 705/02/21 - Wu Zetian of China ~925 - Kupe of the Maori 976/01/10 - 1025/12/15 - Basil II of Byzantium 1046 - 1066/09/25 - Harald Hardrada of Norway 1137/04/09 - 1189/06/06 - Eleanor of Aquitaine of England / France 1152/03/04 - 1190/06/10 - Frederick Barbarossa of Germany 1174 - 1193/03/04 - Saladin of Arabia 1184/03/27 - 1213/01/18 - Tamar of Georgia 1181 - 1218 - Jayavarman VII of the Khmer 1206 - 1227/08/18 - Genghis Khan of Mongolia 1235 - 1255 - Sundiata Keita of Mali 1260/05/05 - 1294/02/18 - Kublai Khan of China / Mongolia 1268/04/18 - 1284/04/20 - Hojo Tokimune of Japan 1306/03/25 - 1329/06/07 - Robert the Bruce of Scotland 1312 - 1337 - Mansa Musa of Mali 1328 - 1350 - Gitarja of Indonesia 1384/10/16 - 1399/07/17 - Jadwiga of Poland 1402/07/17 - 1424/08/12 - Yongle of China 1418/09/19 - 1450/04/08 - Sejong of Korea 1440 - 1469 - Montezuma of the Aztec 1438 - 1472 - Pachacuti of the Inca 1458/01/24 - 1490/04/06 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary 1509 - 1543 - Mvemba a Nzinga of Kongo 1520/09/30 - 1566/09/06 - Suleiman of the Ottomans 1521/12/13 - 1557/06/11 - João III of Portugal 1547/03/31 - 1559/07/10 - Catherine De Medici of France 1551 - 1557/04/29 - Lautaro of the Mapuche 1556/01/16 - 1598/09/13 - Philip II of Spain 1558/11/17 - 1603/03/24 - Elizabeth I of England 1600 - 1616 - Tokugawa of Japan 1624 - 1663 - Nzinga Mbande of Kongo 1632/11/06 - 1654/06/06 - Kristina of Sweden 1682/05/07 - 1725/02/08 - Peter of Russia 1736/03/08 - 1747/03/08 - Nader Shah of Persia 1816 - 1828/09/22 - Shaka of the Zulu 1819/02/24 - 1830/05/04 - Simón Bolívar of Gran Colombia 1831/04/07 - 1889/11/15 - Pedro II of Brazil 1837/06/20 - 1901/01/22 - Victoria of England 1861/03/04 - 1865/04/15 - Abraham Lincoln of America 1864/03/10 - 1886/06/13 - Ludwig II of Germany 1876 - 1885 - Poundmaker of the Cree 1896/07/11 - 1911/10/06 - Wilfred Laurier of Canada 1889/03/10 - 1913/12/12 - Menelik II of Ethiopia 1901/09/14 - 1909/03/04 - Teddy Roosevelt of America 1890/11/23 - 1948/09/04 - Wilhelmina of the Dutch 1921 - 1948/01/30 - Gandhi of India 1941/10/07 - 1945/07/05 - John Curtin of Australia Dates are approximate and represent the start and end dates of the ruler's reign (if known). Dates have no effect on gameplay and are provided for informative purposes only.