Europe in AD 900
This map shows the 65 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in AD 900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kievan Rus'
- Byzantine Empire
- East Franks
- Khazaria
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- West Franks
- Emirate of Córdoba
- Abbasid Caliphate
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Kingdom of Lower Burgundy
- Principality of Hungary
- Rustamid dynasty
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Asturias
- Magyars
- Tulunids
- Bagratid Armenia
- Idrisids
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Danelaw
- Viking settlements
- Georgia
- Kingdom of Alba
- Duchy of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Brittany
- Upper Burgundy
- Principality of Serbia
- Nitra
- Kingdom of the Iberians
- Emirate of Sicily
- Great Moravia
- Brythons
- Duchy of Croatia
- County of Ribagorza
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Principality of Salerno
- Obotrites
- Papal States
- Duchy of Benevento
- Strathclyde
- Kingdom of Seisyllwg
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Cyprus Condominium
- Emirate of Crete
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Barcelona
- Sajid Dynasty
- Emirate of Nekor
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- County of Rosellón
- County of Pallars
- County of Berga
- Cornwall
- Republic of Venice
- Giudicato of Gallura
- County of Aragon
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Urgell
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- County of Besalú
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
- Duchy of Naples
- Kingdom of Mercia
New on the map since AD 800
Kievan Rus' · East Franks · Old Kingdom of Norway · West Franks · Kingdom of Lower Burgundy · Principality of Hungary · Magyars · Tulunids · Bagratid Armenia · Kingdom of Wessex · Danelaw · Kingdom of Alba · Duchy of Bohemia · Kingdom of Brittany · Upper Burgundy · Nitra · Kingdom of the Iberians · Emirate of Sicily · Great Moravia · County of Ribagorza · Principality of Salerno · Kingdom of Seisyllwg · Giudicato of Cagliari · Emirate of Crete · Giudicato of Logudoro · County of Barcelona · Sajid Dynasty · County of Rosellón · County of Pallars · County of Berga · Giudicato of Gallura · County of Aragon · Giudicato of Arborea · County of Urgell · County of Besalú
Gone from the map by 1000
East Franks · Khazaria · West Franks · Emirate of Córdoba · Abbasid Caliphate · Kingdom of Lower Burgundy · Principality of Hungary · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Kingdom of Asturias · Magyars · Tulunids · Idrisids · Kingdom of Wessex · Danelaw · Kingdom of Brittany · Upper Burgundy · Principality of Serbia · Nitra · Kingdom of the Iberians · Great Moravia · Duchy of Croatia · Kingdom of Northumbria · Obotrites · Kingdom of Seisyllwg · Cyprus Condominium · Emirate of Crete · Sajid Dynasty · Cornwall · County of Aragon · County of Besalú · Kingdom of Mercia
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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.