- Kura-Araxes culture (3400 - 2000 BC)
- Achaemenid Empire (550 - 330 BC)
- Seleucid Empire (312 - 63 BC)
- Caucasian Albania (2nd century BC - 8th century AD)
- Roman-Parthian wars (54 BC - 217 AD)
- Rashidun Caliphate (632 - 661 AD)
- Sajid dynasty (889 - 929 AD)
- Sallarid dynasty (941 - 979 AD)
- Shaddadid dynasty (951 - 1199 AD)
- Ghaznavid dynasty (977 - 1186 AD)
- Seljuk Empire (1037-1194)
- Mongol invasion (13th century - 14th century)
- Safavid Iran (1501-1736)
- Afsharid dynasty (1736-1796)
- Qajar Iran (1789-1925)
- Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)
- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
- Armenian-Azerbaijani War (1918-1920)
- March Days (1918)
- Soviet invasion of Azerbaijan (1920)
- Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1920-1922, 1936-1991)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (1988 - now)
- Republic of Azerbaijan (1991 - now)
- Khojaly massacre (1992)
- Azerbaijani protests (2011)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Azerbaijan at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Azerbaijan.)
