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The Mediterranean in 1200

This map shows the 51 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1200 with 51 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1200

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ayyubid Sultanate
  • Almohad Caliphate
  • Holy Roman Empire
  • Halych-Volhynia occupation
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Kimek-Kipchak confederation
  • Angevin Empire
  • Sultanate of Rum
  • Second Bulgarian Empire
  • Kingdom of León
  • Kievan Rus'
  • Principality of Halych
  • Kingdom of Castile
  • Kingdom of Sicily
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Great Seljuk Empire
  • Hamdanid Emirates
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • County of Toulouse
  • Kingdom of Serbia
  • Principality of Pereyaslavl
  • Kingdom of France
  • Banate of Bosnia
  • County of Champagne
  • Principality of Kiev
  • Kingdom of Arles
  • Kingdom of Navarre
  • Republic of Pisa
  • County of Vermandois
  • Papal States
  • Duchy of Sandomierz
  • County of Nevers
  • County of Berga
  • County of Blôis
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • Kingdom of Cyprus
  • Republic of Venice
  • Giudicato of Logudoro
  • Principality of Antioch
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Almoravid Dynasty
  • County of Urgell
  • Duchy of Opole
  • Giudicato of Gallura
  • Giudicato of Arborea
  • County of Tripoli
  • County of Pallars Sobirà
  • County of Ampuria

New on the map since 1150

Ayyubid Sultanate · Second Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of León · Hamdanid Emirates · Crown of Aragon · Kingdom of Serbia · Banate of Bosnia · County of Champagne · County of Berga · Kingdom of Cyprus · Duchy of Opole

Gone from the map by 1250

Ayyubid Sultanate · Halych-Volhynia occupation · Byzantine Empire · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Angevin Empire · Kingdom of León · Kievan Rus' · Principality of Halych · Kingdom of Castile · Kingdom of Georgia · Great Seljuk Empire · Hamdanid Emirates · County of Toulouse · Principality of Pereyaslavl · Principality of Kiev · County of Vermandois · County of Berga · Almoravid Dynasty · County of Urgell · Giudicato of Gallura · County of Pallars Sobirà

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1200

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.