Central Asia in 1066
1066 is the year of the Norman conquest of England. This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1066
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Eastern Kara-Khanids
- Tibetans
- Qocho Kingdom
- Western Karakhanid Khanate
- Lohara Dynasty
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Yenisei Kyrgyz
- Volga Bulgaria
- Kashmir
- Shirvan
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Byzantine Empire
New on the map since 1016
Great Seljuk Empire · Eastern Kara-Khanids · Western Karakhanid Khanate · Byzantine Empire
Gone from the map by 1116
Western Karakhanid Khanate · Shirvan · Byzantine Empire
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1066
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.