The Mediterranean in 1099
1099 is the year the First Crusade took Jerusalem. This map shows the 63 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1099
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Halych-Volhynia occupation
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Castile
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Sultanate of Rum
- Kievan Rus'
- Norman Italy
- Danishmendids
- Principality of Terebovlia
- Kingdom of Georgia
- County of Toulouse
- Principality of Peremyshl
- Norman England
- County of Blôis
- Duchy of Brittany
- Principality of Pereyaslavl
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Zirid dynasty
- Taifa of Zaragoza
- County of Champagne
- Principality of Kiev
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Kingdom of Poland
- Grand Principality of Serbia
- Kingdom of Arles
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Taifa of Dénia
- County of Vermandois
- Papal States
- County of Edessa
- County of Maine
- County of Anjou
- County of Nevers
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Duklja
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- County of Barcelona
- Republic of Venice
- Taifa of Albarracín
- Principality of Antioch
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Taifa of Tortosa
- Republic of Genoa
- County of Berga
- County of Urgell
- County of Rosellón
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Taifa of Alpuente
- County of Pallars Jussà
- County of Osona
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since 1049
Almoravid Dynasty · Halych-Volhynia occupation · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Sultanate of Rum · Danishmendids · Principality of Terebovlia · Principality of Peremyshl · Norman England · Principality of Pereyaslavl · Zirid dynasty · Principality of Kiev · Grand Principality of Serbia · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · County of Edessa · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Kingdom of Duklja · Principality of Antioch
Gone from the map by 1149
Hamdanid Emirates · Duchy of Aquitaine · Norman Italy · Principality of Terebovlia · Principality of Peremyshl · Norman England · Taifa of Zaragoza · County of Champagne · Kingdom of Poland · County of Maine · County of Anjou · Kingdom of Duklja · Taifa of Albarracín · Taifa of Tortosa · County of Berga · Taifa of Alpuente · County of Osona · Duchy of Naples
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Other regions in 1099
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.