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Central Asia in AD 800

This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in AD 800 with 12 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 800

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Tibetan Empire
  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Kimek-Kipchak confederation
  • Uyghur Khaganate
  • Oghuz Turks
  • Qarlugs
  • Khazaria
  • Turk Shahis
  • Karkota Dynasty
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Volga Bulgaria
  • Kashmir

New on the map since AD 700

Abbasid Caliphate · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Uyghur Khaganate · Oghuz Turks · Qarlugs

Gone from the map by AD 900

Tibetan Empire · Uyghur Khaganate · Qarlugs · Turk Shahis · Karkota Dynasty

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 800

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.