Africa in 1346
1346 is the year before the Black Death reached Europe. This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1346
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mali Empire
- Marinid Sultanate
- Jalayirid Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria
- Chobanids
- Muzaffarids
- Germiyanids
- Alodia
- Ifat Sultanate
- Injuids
- Sarbadars
- Crown of Castile
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Beylik of Karaman
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Beylik of Teke
- Emirate of Granada
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Byzantine Empire
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Republic of Venice
- Beylik of Aydin
- Beylik of Menteshe
- Catalan Company
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Naples
New on the map since 1296
Marinid Sultanate · Jalayirid Sultanate · Chobanids · Muzaffarids · Germiyanids · Injuids · Sarbadars · Beylik of Karaman · Beylik of Teke · Kingdom of Sicily · Beylik of Dulkadir · Beylik of Aydin · Beylik of Menteshe · Catalan Company · Ottoman Empire
Gone from the map by 1396
Chobanids · Muzaffarids · Injuids · Sarbadars · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · Kingdom of Sicily · Empire of Kanem · Catalan Company
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1346
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.