The Mediterranean in AD 600
This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in AD 600
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Avar Khaganate
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Ghassanids
- Sasanian Empire
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Kingdom of Italy
- Bavarians
- Breton Kingdoms
- Duchy of Thuringia
- Hunnic Empire
New on the map since AD 500
Avar Khaganate · Ghassanids · Kingdom of Italy · Bavarians · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Thuringia
Gone from the map by AD 700
Eastern Roman Empire · Ghassanids · Sasanian Empire · Lakhmid Kingdom · Hunnic Empire
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Other regions in AD 600
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.