The Mediterranean in 1066
1066 is the year of the Norman conquest of England. This map shows the 70 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1066
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Byzantine Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Halych-Volhynia occupation
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Kievan Rus'
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Taifa of Toledo
- Kingdom of Galicia
- Kingdom of León
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Taifa of Badajoz
- Principality of Peremyshl
- County of Toulouse
- Norman Italy
- Kingdom of Castile
- Taifa of Zaragoza
- Duchy of Normandy
- County of Blôis
- Duchy of Brittany
- Taifa of Seville
- Principality of Pereyaslavl
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Great Principality of Duklja
- Zirid dynasty
- Principality of Kiev
- Taifa of Granada
- Kingdom of France
- Emirate of Sicily
- Kingdom of Poland
- County of Ribagorza
- Kingdom of Arles
- Taifa of Dénia
- Papal States
- County of Vermandois
- County of Maine
- Taifa of Almería
- County of Anjou
- County of Nevers
- Duchy of Benevento
- Giudicato of Arborea
- Taifa of Carmona
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Republic of Venice
- Taifa of Albarracín
- County of Barcelona
- Taifa of Murcia
- Principality of Salerno
- Republic of Genoa
- Taifa of Arcos
- County of Vexin
- County of Berga
- County of Rosellón
- County of Urgell
- Giudicato of Gallura
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Taifa of Alpuente
- Republic of Pisa
- Taifa of Ceuta
- County of Pallars Jussà
- County of Osona
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since 1016
Halych-Volhynia occupation · Almoravid Dynasty · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Great Seljuk Empire · Kingdom of Galicia · Principality of Peremyshl · Norman Italy · Taifa of Seville · Principality of Pereyaslavl · Hammadid Dynasty · Great Principality of Duklja · Zirid dynasty · Principality of Kiev · County of Pallars Sobirà · Taifa of Ceuta · County of Pallars Jussà
Gone from the map by 1116
Kingdom of Croatia · Taifa of Toledo · Kingdom of León · Taifa of Badajoz · Taifa of Zaragoza · Duchy of Normandy · Taifa of Seville · Great Principality of Duklja · Taifa of Granada · Emirate of Sicily · County of Ribagorza · County of Maine · Taifa of Almería · Duchy of Benevento · Taifa of Carmona · Caliphate of Córdoba · Taifa of Albarracín · Taifa of Murcia · Principality of Salerno · Taifa of Arcos · County of Vexin · Taifa of Alpuente · Taifa of Ceuta · County of Osona
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Other regions in 1066
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.