- Ehotile, Kotrowou, Zehiri, Ega and Dies tribes (before 16th century)
- Gyaaman state (1450-1895)
- Ashanti Empire (1670-1957)
- Kong Empire (1710-1898)
- Sanwi kingdom (1740-1959)
- Ivory Coast becomes a French colony (1893)
- French West Africa (1895-1958)
- Ivory Coast gains independence (1960)
- First Ivorian Civil War (2002-2007)
- Second Ivorian Civil War (2010-2011)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Ivory Coast at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Ivory Coast.)
