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The Mediterranean in AD 732

AD 732 is the year of the Battle of Tours. This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in AD 732 with 16 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 AD 732

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Umayyad Caliphate
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Khazaria
  • Avar Khaganate
  • Kingdom of Italy
  • First Bulgarian Empire
  • Bavarians
  • Kingdom of Asturias
  • Carantania
  • Principality of Iberia
  • Breton Kingdoms
  • Kingdom of Lazica
  • Georgia
  • Cyprus Condominium
  • Republic of Venice

New on the map since AD 632

Umayyad Caliphate · Byzantine Empire · First Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of Asturias · Carantania · Principality of Iberia · Kingdom of Lazica · Georgia · Cyprus Condominium · Republic of Venice

Gone from the map by AD 832

Umayyad Caliphate · Avar Khaganate · Kingdom of Italy · Bavarians · Carantania · Principality of Iberia · Breton Kingdoms · Kingdom of Lazica

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in AD 732

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.