East Asia in 1279
1279 is the Mongol Empire at its greatest extent. This map shows the 9 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1279
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Kamakura Shogunate
- Pagan Kingdom
- Sukhothai Kingdom
- Khmer Empire
- Ngô Dynasty
- Haripuñjaya
- Chámpa
- Shunten Dynasty
New on the map since 1229
Sukhothai Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1329
Mongol Empire · Pagan Kingdom · Haripuñjaya · Shunten Dynasty
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1279
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.