Africa in 1250
This map shows the 30 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1250
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mongol Empire
- Mali Empire
- Marinid Sultanate
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Zengid dynasty
- Alodia
- Sultanate of Rum
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Crown of Castile
- Emirate of Granada
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Principality of Achaea
- Empire of Kanem
- Nicaean Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Zagwe dynasty
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Republic of Venice
- Principality of Antioch
- County of Tripoli
- Duchy of Athens
- Republic of Genoa
- Duchy of the Archipelago
New on the map since 1200
Mamluk Sultanate · Mongol Empire · Mali Empire · Marinid Sultanate · Rasulid Dynasty · Hafsid Dynasty · Abbasid Caliphate · Zayyanid dynasty · Zengid dynasty · Hamdanid Emirates · Crown of Castile · Emirate of Granada · Principality of Achaea · Nicaean Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Republic of Venice · Duchy of Athens · Republic of Genoa · Duchy of the Archipelago
Gone from the map by 1300
Mongol Empire · Marinid Sultanate · Abbasid Caliphate · Zengid dynasty · Sultanate of Rum · Hamdanid Emirates · Kingdom of Sicily · Nicaean Empire · Zagwe dynasty · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Principality of Antioch · County of Tripoli · Republic of Genoa
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Other regions in 1250
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.