Africa in 1200
This map shows the 20 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1200
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Alodia
- Byzantine Empire
- Takrur
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Ghurid Dynasty
- Uyunid Emirate
- Sultanate of Rum
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Empire of Kanem
- Zagwe dynasty
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Khwarezmid Dynasty
- Principality of Antioch
- County of Tripoli
New on the map since 1150
Ayyubid Sultanate · Ghurid Dynasty · Kingdom of Cyprus · Khwarezmid Dynasty
Gone from the map by 1250
Ayyubid Sultanate · Great Seljuk Empire · Almohad Caliphate · Ghana Empire · Byzantine Empire · Takrur · Ghurid Dynasty · Uyunid Emirate · Khwarezmid Dynasty
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Other regions in 1200
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.