Africa in 1099
1099 is the year the First Crusade took Jerusalem. This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1099
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Najahid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Alodia
- Takrur
- Uyunid Emirate
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Sultanate of Rum
- Zirid dynasty
- Norman Italy
- County of Edessa
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Zagwe dynasty
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Principality of Antioch
- Khwarezmid Dynasty
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Zurayid dynasty
- Taifa of Dénia
New on the map since 1049
Almoravid Dynasty · Najahid Dynasty · Uyunid Emirate · Sultanate of Rum · Zirid dynasty · Norman Italy · County of Edessa · Empire of Kanem · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · Principality of Antioch · Khwarezmid Dynasty · Zurayid dynasty
Gone from the map by 1149
Hamdanid Emirates · Norman Italy · Khwarezmid Dynasty · Ziyadid dynasty
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1099
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.