The Mediterranean in AD 565
AD 565 is the year Justinian died. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in AD 565
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Avar Khaganate
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Sasanian Empire
- Ghassanids
- Göktürk Khaganate
- Lombards
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Kingdom of the Gepids
- Bavarians
- Kingdom of the Suebi
- Brythons
- Hunnic Empire
New on the map since AD 465
Avar Khaganate · Ghassanids · Göktürk Khaganate · Lombards · Kingdom of the Gepids · Bavarians
Gone from the map by AD 665
Eastern Roman Empire · Sasanian Empire · Ghassanids · Göktürk Khaganate · Lombards · Lakhmid Kingdom · Kingdom of the Gepids · Kingdom of the Suebi · Brythons
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Other regions in AD 565
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.