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The Mediterranean in AD 814

AD 814 is the year Charlemagne died. This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in AD 814 with 24 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 814

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Khazaria
  • Rustamid dynasty
  • Emirate of Córdoba
  • First Bulgarian Empire
  • Aghlabid Dynasty
  • Idrisids
  • Kingdom of Asturias
  • Duchy of Benevento
  • Great Moravia
  • Barghawata Conference
  • Principality of Nitra
  • Georgia
  • Principality of Serbia
  • Kingdom of the Iberians
  • Breton Kingdoms
  • Papal States
  • Duchy of Gascony
  • Cyprus Condominium
  • Emirate of Nekor
  • Republic of Venice
  • Duchy of Naples

New on the map since AD 714

Abbasid Caliphate · Rustamid dynasty · Emirate of Córdoba · Aghlabid Dynasty · Idrisids · Kingdom of Asturias · Duchy of Benevento · Great Moravia · Barghawata Conference · Principality of Nitra · Georgia · Principality of Serbia · Kingdom of the Iberians · Papal States · Duchy of Gascony · Emirate of Nekor · Duchy of Naples

Gone from the map by AD 914

Kingdom of the Franks · Rustamid dynasty · Aghlabid Dynasty · Great Moravia · Principality of Nitra · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Gascony

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in AD 814

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.