When We Were Fab

Every age has it's Champions and there are some pretty good ones at the History Timelines website because they sent me a link to an absolute treasure trove of information regarding each countries Golden Age over the last few thousand years.  
Not sure what criteria they used to work out when a country was at its peak apart from when each nations culture flourished, borders expanded and their legendary rulers forged their own legacy and admittedly some i have never heard of but some are probably the most famous leaders in history.

First up is the Egyptians under Thutmose III in 15bc, then Iraq with the Assyrian Empire in 7bc and then its neighbour Iran in 5bc  with Darius the Great in charge until Alexander the Great of Greece romped around 4bc Europe causing havoc.
The Roman Empire was at its peak in 2ad and China with the Tang Dynasty in 7ad while in Europe another leader calling himself Great, this none Simeon the Great, took Bulgaria by the scruff of the neck in 10ad and made it all powerful.
Yaroslav went for the name Wise when he was making Ukraine top dog in 11ad while in 12ad Africa, the Cambodian's and the Khmer Empire were in charge but in 13ad the Mongols under Genghis and his relations hacked and slashed across pretty much any nation they took a fancy to.
The 14th Century saw Serbia, Mali, Uzbekistan, Indonesia and the Czech Republic  at the top of the tree but the 16th Century watched the rise of Turkey's  Ottoman Empire and Spain ruled the roost until the Netherlands got their act together in the 17th Century and then Austria who had a short burst at being fab until Catherine the Great of Russia decided that was enough of that and led Russia into it's prime era.  
Napoleon over saw the French Empire in the 19C until he was replaced by Wilhelm I of Germany and Queen Victoria's British Empire in the same Century while in the Americas, Mexico and Argentina were having they heyday and Japan enjoyed itself in the 20th Century as did the USA under Franlikn D Roosevelt.
As i said at the beginning, i am not sure the exact criteria and some nations Golden Era may have been very short lived or not had the long lasting effects of other nations and some may have their Golden Age still to come or will have a further even more Golden Age but it is all very interesting so thank you people at History Timelines.

Egypt 15C BC     Iraq 7bc
Iran 5bc               Greece 4BC
India 3BC            Armenia 1BC

Rome 2C            Ethiopia 4BC
China 7C            Saudi Arabia 8C
Bangladesh 9C   Bulgaria 10C    

Tajikstran 10C      Ukraine 11C
Afghanistan 11c   Georgia 12c
Cambodia 12c      Morocco 12C
Mongolia 13C      Norway 13C
Vietnam 13C        Chad 13C
Serbia 14C           Mali 14C
Uzbekistan 14C   Indonesia 14C     Czech Rep 14C    

Lithuania 15C     Peru 15C        
Hungary 15C      South Korea 15C
Albania 15C       Thailand 16C

Turkey 16C        Poland 16C
Kazakstanh 16C Spain 16C    
Sweden 17c        Netherlands 17C    
Austria 18c        Russia 18C    

France 19c        Denmark 19C
Brazil 19C        Portugal 19C
Germany 19C   Argentina 19C
Mexico 19C      United Kingdom 19C

Japan 20 C        Belgium 20C    
Uruguay 20C    USA 20C