The Mediterranean in 1150
This map shows the 66 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1150
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Byzantine Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Halych-Volhynia occupation
- Almohad Caliphate
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Zengid dynasty
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Kingdom of Castile
- Kingdom of France
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Sultanate of Rum
- Kievan Rus'
- Principality of Halych
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Danishmendids
- Angevin Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- County of Toulouse
- Taifa of Valencia
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Kingdom of Aragon
- County of Blôis
- Duchy of Brittany
- Principality of Pereyaslavl
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Zirid dynasty
- Principality of Kiev
- Kingdom of Navarre
- County of Edessa
- Grand Principality of Serbia
- Kingdom of Arles
- County of Vermandois
- Duchy of Masovia
- Papal States
- County of Barcelona
- Principality of Antioch
- Taifa of Dénia
- Taifa of Córdoba
- County of Nevers
- Republic of Pisa
- Taifa of Murcia
- Taifa of Almería
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Republic of Venice
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Tripoli
- Republic of Genoa
- Taifa of Silves
- Taifa of Algeciras
- County of Urgell
- County of Rosellón
- Taifa of Badajoz
- Taifa of Saltés and Huelva
- Taifa of Carmona
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Taifa of Tejada
- County of Pallars Jussà
- Taifa of Niebla
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- County of Ampuria
New on the map since 1100
Almohad Caliphate · Zengid dynasty · Principality of Halych · Kingdom of Sicily · Angevin Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of Navarre · Duchy of Masovia · Taifa of Córdoba · Taifa of Murcia · Taifa of Almería · County of Tripoli · Taifa of Silves · Taifa of Algeciras · Taifa of Badajoz · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · Taifa of Carmona · Taifa of Tejada · Taifa of Niebla · Duchy of Sandomierz
Gone from the map by 1200
Fatimid Caliphate · Zengid dynasty · Danishmendids · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of Aragon · Duchy of Brittany · Hammadid Dynasty · Zirid dynasty · County of Edessa · Grand Principality of Serbia · Duchy of Masovia · County of Barcelona · Taifa of Dénia · Taifa of Córdoba · Taifa of Murcia · Taifa of Almería · Giudicato of Cagliari · Taifa of Silves · Taifa of Algeciras · County of Rosellón · Taifa of Badajoz · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · Taifa of Carmona · Taifa of Tejada · County of Pallars Jussà · Taifa of Niebla
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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.