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Central Asia in 1099

1099 is the year the First Crusade took Jerusalem. This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1099 with 13 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 Central Asia in 1099

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kimek-Kipchak confederation
  • Great Seljuk Empire
  • Eastern Kara-Khanids
  • Tibetans
  • Qocho Kingdom
  • Khwarezmid Dynasty
  • Lohara Dynasty
  • Ghaznavid Empire
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Volga Bulgaria
  • Kashmir
  • Hamdanid Emirates
  • Kingdom of Georgia

New on the map since 1049

Khwarezmid Dynasty

Gone from the map by 1149

Eastern Kara-Khanids · Qocho Kingdom · Khwarezmid Dynasty

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1099

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.