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Central Asia in AD 700

This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in AD 700 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 AD 700

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Tibetan Empire
  • Turks
  • Tang Dynasty
  • Türgesh
  • Khazaria
  • Turk Shahis
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Karkota Dynasty
  • Dabuyid Dynasty
  • Volga Bulgaria
  • Kashmir
  • Principality of Iberia

New on the map since AD 600

Umayyad Caliphate · Tibetan Empire · Turks · Tang Dynasty · Türgesh · Khazaria · Dabuyid Dynasty · Volga Bulgaria · Kashmir · Principality of Iberia

Gone from the map by AD 800

Umayyad Caliphate · Turks · Tang Dynasty · Türgesh · Dabuyid Dynasty · Principality of Iberia

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 700

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.