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Africa in AD 732

AD 732 is the year of the Battle of Tours. This map shows the 7 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.

Map of Africa in AD 732 with 7 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Africa in AD 732

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Makuria
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Alodia
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Dabuyid Dynasty
  • Cyprus Condominium

New on the map since AD 632

Umayyad Caliphate · Byzantine Empire · Dabuyid Dynasty · Cyprus Condominium

Gone from the map by AD 832

Umayyad Caliphate · Dabuyid Dynasty

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Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 732

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.