The Mediterranean in 1279
1279 is the Mongol Empire at its greatest extent. This map shows the 64 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1279
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Crown of Castile
- Almohad Caliphate
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Byzantine Empire
- Kingdom of France
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Crown of Aragon
- House of Habsburg
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Capetian House of Anjou
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Papal States
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Duchy of Brittany
- House of Anjou-Sicily
- Kingdom of England
- Emirate of Granada
- County of Champagne
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Arles
- Republic of Venice
- Despotate of Epirus
- Banate of Bosnia
- House of Wittelsbach
- County of Auvergne
- Empire of Trebizond
- County of Savoy
- Thessaly
- Republic of Genoa
- Grand Duchy of Kraków
- County of Flanders
- Kingdom of Majorca
- County of Touraine
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Patriarchate of Aquileia
- Dauphiné
- County of Périgord
- County of Blôis
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Duchy of Athens
- County of Armagnac
- County of Foix
- House of Luxembourg
- Giudicato of Arborea
- Duchy of Opole
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Comtat Venaissin
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- County of Tripoli
- County of Urgell
- Duchy of Styria
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1229
Mongol Empire · Mamluk Sultanate · Crown of Castile · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Byzantine Empire · Hafsid Dynasty · Zayyanid dynasty · House of Habsburg · Capetian House of Anjou · Duchy of Bavaria · House of Anjou-Sicily · Emirate of Granada · House of Wittelsbach · County of Savoy · Thessaly · Grand Duchy of Kraków · County of Flanders · Kingdom of Majorca · Republic of Florence · Patriarchate of Aquileia · Dauphiné · County of Foix · House of Luxembourg · Comtat Venaissin · Duchy of Styria · Principality of Orange
Gone from the map by 1329
Mongol Empire · Duchy of Bavaria · House of Anjou-Sicily · County of Champagne · Grand Duchy of Kraków · County of Touraine · Kingdom of Navarre · Duchy of Athens · Duchy of Opole · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Duchy of Sandomierz · Duchy of the Archipelago · County of Tripoli
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Other regions in 1279
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.