Africa in 1000
This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1000
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Buyid Dynasty
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- Byzantine Empire
- Makuria
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Ghana Empire
- Alodia
- Barghawata Conference
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Emirate of Sicily
- Zagwe dynasty
- Kingdom of Vaspurakan
- Emirate of Nekor
- Qarmatians
New on the map since AD 950
Buyid Dynasty · Ghaznavid Empire · Emirate of Sicily
Gone from the map by 1050
Ghaznavid Empire · Kingdom of Vaspurakan · Emirate of Nekor
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.