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East Asia in 1150

This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 1150 with 17 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 1150

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Great Jin
  • Southern Song
  • Western Xia
  • Tibetans
  • Kingdom of Dali
  • Pagan Kingdom
  • Heian Japan
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Goryeo
  • Haripuñjaya
  • Ngô Dynasty
  • Kara-Khitans
  • Khmer Empire
  • Lavo Kingdom
  • Northern Fujiwara
  • Chámpa
  • Tamna

New on the map since 1100

Great Jin · Kara-Khitans

Gone from the map by 1200

Heian Japan · Lavo Kingdom · Northern Fujiwara

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1150

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.