Africa in 1206
1206 is the year Genghis Khan united the Mongols. This map shows the 27 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1206
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Almohad Caliphate
- Khwarezmid Empire
- Makuria
- Sosso Empire
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Zengid dynasty
- Alodia
- Sultanate of Rum
- Takrur
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Uyunid Emirate
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Principality of Achaea
- Empire of Kanem
- Nicaean Empire
- Zagwe dynasty
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Republic of Venice
- Principality of Antioch
- County of Tripoli
- Domain of Rhodes
- Byzantine Empire
- Duchy of Athens
- Latin Empire
New on the map since 1156
Ayyubid Sultanate · Khwarezmid Empire · Sosso Empire · Abbasid Caliphate · Hamdanid Emirates · Principality of Achaea · Nicaean Empire · Kingdom of Cyprus · Republic of Venice · Domain of Rhodes · Duchy of Athens · Latin Empire
Gone from the map by 1256
Ayyubid Sultanate · Almohad Caliphate · Khwarezmid Empire · Sosso Empire · Takrur · Uyunid Emirate · Domain of Rhodes · Byzantine Empire · Latin Empire
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1206
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.