Europe in 1000
This map shows the 69 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1000
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kievan Rus'
- Byzantine Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Poland
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Icelandic Commonwealth
- Kingdom of England
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of León
- Kingdom of Arles
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Duchy of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Kingdom of Alba
- Georgia
- Kingdom of France
- Jaemtland
- Duchy of Gascony
- Kingdom of Castile
- Duchy of Normandy
- Kingdom of Vaspurakan
- Duchy of Brittany
- Bagratid Armenia
- County of Rouergue
- County of Champagne
- County of Ribagorza
- Emirate of Sicily
- County of Toulouse
- County of Flanders
- County of Vermandois
- Brythons
- Papal States
- County of Maine
- Buyid Dynasty
- Duchy of Benevento
- County of Blôis
- Strathclyde
- County of Anjou
- Viking settlements
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Republic of Venice
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Barcelona
- Emirate of Nekor
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Principality of Salerno
- Kingdom of Powys
- County of Vexin
- County of Pallars
- County of Berga
- County of Rosellón
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Urgell
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- County of Osona
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Duchy of Naples
- County of Ampuria
- Principality of Capua
- Republic of Amalfi
New on the map since AD 950
Holy Roman Empire · Kingdom of Hungary · Kingdom of Poland · Kingdom of Sweden · Duchy of Aquitaine · Kingdom of France · Duchy of Gascony · Kingdom of Castile · County of Rouergue · County of Champagne · Emirate of Sicily · County of Toulouse · County of Flanders · County of Vermandois · County of Maine · Buyid Dynasty · County of Blôis · County of Anjou · Kingdom of Gwynedd · Kingdom of Powys · County of Vexin · County of Osona · Kingdom of Gwent · County of Ampuria · Principality of Capua · Republic of Amalfi
Gone from the map by 1050
Old Kingdom of Norway · First Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of León · Duchy of Bohemia · Kingdom of Denmark · Scandinavian minor kingdoms · Georgia · Kingdom of Vaspurakan · Bagratid Armenia · Duchy of Benevento · Strathclyde · Emirate of Nekor · Kingdom of Powys · County of Pallars · Principality of Capua · Republic of Amalfi
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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.