Africa in AD 800
This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Rustamid dynasty
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Idrisids
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Alodia
- Emirate of Córdoba
- Kingdom of Axum
- Barghawata Conference
- Cyprus Condominium
- Emirate of Nekor
New on the map since AD 700
Abbasid Caliphate · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Idrisids · Ghana Empire · Emirate of Córdoba · Barghawata Conference · Emirate of Nekor
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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.