Africa in 1300
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 1300
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ilkhanate
- Mali Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria
- Ethiopian Empire
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Alodia
- Ifat Sultanate
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Crown of Castile
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Emirate of Granada
- Crown of Aragon
- Byzantine Empire
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Achaea
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Duchy of Athens
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- Kingdom of Naples
New on the map since 1250
Ilkhanate · Almohad Caliphate · Ethiopian Empire · Ifat Sultanate · Bahrani Dynasty · Crown of Aragon · Byzantine Empire · Kingdom of Naples
Gone from the map by 1350
Ilkhanate · Almohad Caliphate · Zayyanid dynasty · Crown of Aragon · Principality of Achaea · Duchy of Athens · Duchy of the Archipelago
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Other regions in 1300
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.