Europe in AD 800
This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in AD 800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Byzantine Empire
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Khazaria
- Emirate of Córdoba
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Avar Khaganate
- Rustamid dynasty
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Kingdom of Asturias
- Idrisids
- Dál Riata
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Duchy of Benevento
- Georgia
- Principality of Serbia
- Breton Kingdoms
- Duchy of Croatia
- Viking settlements
- Duchy of Gascony
- Papal States
- Obotrites
- Brythons
- Strathclyde
- Cyprus Condominium
- Emirate of Nekor
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Kingdom of Powys
- Cornwall
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since AD 700
Abbasid Caliphate · Emirate of Córdoba · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Kingdom of Asturias · Idrisids · Duchy of Benevento · Georgia · Principality of Serbia · Duchy of Croatia · Viking settlements · Duchy of Gascony · Papal States · Obotrites · Emirate of Nekor · Cornwall · Republic of Venice · Duchy of Naples
Gone from the map by AD 900
Kingdom of the Franks · Avar Khaganate · Dál Riata · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Gascony · Kingdom of Powys
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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.