Central Asia in 1050
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1050
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Eastern Kara-Khanids
- Tibetans
- Qocho Kingdom
- Oghuz Turks
- Western Karakhanid Khanate
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Lohara Dynasty
- Yenisei Kyrgyz
- Kashmir
- Volga Bulgaria
- Shirvan
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Buyid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
New on the map since 1000
Great Seljuk Empire · Eastern Kara-Khanids · Western Karakhanid Khanate · Lohara Dynasty · Kingdom of Georgia · Byzantine Empire
Gone from the map by 1100
Oghuz Turks · Western Karakhanid Khanate · Shirvan · Buyid Dynasty · Byzantine Empire
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1050
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.