Europe in AD 600
This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in AD 600
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Avar Khaganate
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Sasanian Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Saxons
- Bavarians
- Brythons
- Duchy of Thuringia
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Breton Kingdoms
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Dál Riata
- Kingdom of Deira
- Kingdom of East Anglia
- Kingdom of Bernicia
- Kingdom of Rheged
- Ghassanids
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Kingdom of Powys
- Kingdom of Sussex
- Hwicce
- Kingdom of Essex
- Kingdom of Kent
- Kingdom of Lindsey
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- Kingdom of Dunoting
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
- Hunnic Empire
- Wihtgar
New on the map since AD 500
Avar Khaganate · Kingdom of Italy · Bavarians · Duchy of Thuringia · Kingdom of Mercia · Breton Kingdoms · Kingdom of Wessex · Dál Riata · Kingdom of Deira · Kingdom of East Anglia · Kingdom of Bernicia · Kingdom of Rheged · Ghassanids · Kingdom of Gwynedd · Kingdom of Powys · Hwicce · Kingdom of Essex · Kingdom of Lindsey · Kingdom of Brycheiniog · Kingdom of Dunoting · Kingdom of Gwent · Kingdom of Morgannwg · Wihtgar
Gone from the map by AD 700
Eastern Roman Empire · Sasanian Empire · Kingdom of Deira · Kingdom of Bernicia · Kingdom of Rheged · Ghassanids · Kingdom of Sussex · Hwicce · Kingdom of Essex · Kingdom of Kent · Kingdom of Lindsey · Kingdom of Dunoting · Hunnic Empire · Wihtgar
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Europe in other years
Other regions in AD 600
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.