The Mediterranean in 1250
This map shows the 56 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1250
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Crown of Castile
- Marinid Sultanate
- Nicaean Empire
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Kingdom of France
- Sultanate of Rum
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Crown of Aragon
- Zengid dynasty
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Despotate of Epirus
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Duchy of Brittany
- Emirate of Granada
- Kingdom of England
- County of Champagne
- Capetian House of Anjou
- Republic of Venice
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Arles
- Banate of Bosnia
- County of Auvergne
- Principality of Achaea
- Papal States
- Empire of Trebizond
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- County of Nevers
- County of Périgord
- County of Touraine
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- County of Blôis
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Duchy of Athens
- Republic of Genoa
- County of Armagnac
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Principality of Antioch
- County of Foix
- Duchy of Opole
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Tripoli
- Latin Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of the Archipelago
New on the map since 1200
Mongol Empire · Mamluk Sultanate · Crown of Castile · Marinid Sultanate · Nicaean Empire · Hafsid Dynasty · Zayyanid dynasty · Zengid dynasty · Despotate of Epirus · Abbasid Caliphate · Kingdom of Bohemia · Duchy of Brittany · Emirate of Granada · Kingdom of England · Capetian House of Anjou · County of Auvergne · Principality of Achaea · Empire of Trebizond · County of Périgord · County of Touraine · Duchy of Aquitaine · Duchy of Athens · County of Armagnac · County of Foix · Latin Empire · Duchy of the Archipelago
Gone from the map by 1300
Mongol Empire · Holy Roman Empire · Marinid Sultanate · Nicaean Empire · Sultanate of Rum · Zengid dynasty · Kingdom of Sicily · Abbasid Caliphate · County of Champagne · Kingdom of Navarre · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Giudicato of Logudoro · Principality of Antioch · Duchy of Opole · County of Tripoli · Latin Empire
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1250
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.