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East Asia in 1000

This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 1000 with 19 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 East Asia in 1000

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Northern Song
  • Liao Dynasty
  • Tibetans
  • Kingdom of Dali
  • Ganzhou Kingdom
  • Heian Japan
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Goryeo
  • Haripuñjaya
  • Western Xia
  • Ngô Dynasty
  • Khmer Empire
  • Pyu City-States
  • Lavo Kingdom
  • Qocho Kingdom
  • Kamarupa Kingdom
  • Chámpa
  • Pagan Kingdom
  • Tamna

New on the map since AD 950

Northern Song · Western Xia

Gone from the map by 1050

Northern Song · Ganzhou Kingdom · Pyu City-States · Lavo Kingdom

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1000

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.