Europe in AD 500
This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in AD 500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Ostrogothic Kingdom
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Salian Franks
- Sasanian Empire
- Vandal Kingdom
- Brythons
- Burgundian Kingdom
- Saxons
- Kingdom of the Suebi
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Ripuarian Franks
- Kingdom of Thuringia
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Caucasian Iberia
- Lazica
- Lombards
- Kingdom of Sussex
- Kingdom of Kent
- Caucasian Albania
- Hunnic Empire
New on the map since AD 400
Visigothic Kingdom · Ostrogothic Kingdom · Scandinavian minor kingdoms · Vandal Kingdom · Brythons · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of the Suebi · Anglo-Saxon England · Kingdom of Thuringia · Kingdom of the Franks · Lombards · Kingdom of Sussex · Kingdom of Kent · Hunnic Empire
Gone from the map by AD 600
Ostrogothic Kingdom · Salian Franks · Vandal Kingdom · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of the Suebi · Anglo-Saxon England · Ripuarian Franks · Kingdom of Thuringia · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Lombards · Caucasian Albania
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Other regions in AD 500
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.