Africa in AD 900
This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Tulunids
- Rustamid dynasty
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Idrisids
- Makuria
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Ghana Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Alodia
- Emirate of Córdoba
- Kingdom of Axum
- Zaydi Alid dynasties
- Qarmatians
- Barghawata Conference
- Samanid Empire
- Emirate of Sicily
- Cyprus Condominium
- Emirate of Crete
- Emirate of Nekor
- Sajid Dynasty
- Bagratid Armenia
New on the map since AD 800
Tulunids · Ziyadid dynasty · Zaydi Alid dynasties · Qarmatians · Samanid Empire · Emirate of Sicily · Emirate of Crete · Sajid Dynasty · Bagratid Armenia
Gone from the map by 1000
Abbasid Caliphate · Tulunids · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Idrisids · Emirate of Córdoba · Kingdom of Axum · Zaydi Alid dynasties · Samanid Empire · Cyprus Condominium · Emirate of Crete · Sajid Dynasty · Bagratid Armenia
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Other regions in AD 900
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.