The Mediterranean in AD 900
This map shows the 49 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in AD 900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Tulunids
- Byzantine Empire
- Khazaria
- Rustamid dynasty
- Emirate of Córdoba
- West Franks
- East Franks
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Kingdom of Lower Burgundy
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Principality of Hungary
- Idrisids
- Kingdom of Asturias
- Magyars
- Bagratid Armenia
- Georgia
- Kievan Rus'
- Kingdom of Brittany
- Upper Burgundy
- Principality of Serbia
- Duchy of Bohemia
- Barghawata Conference
- Nitra
- Kingdom of the Iberians
- Emirate of Sicily
- Great Moravia
- Duchy of Croatia
- County of Ribagorza
- Principality of Salerno
- Papal States
- Duchy of Benevento
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Cyprus Condominium
- Emirate of Crete
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Barcelona
- Sajid Dynasty
- Emirate of Nekor
- County of Rosellón
- County of Pallars
- County of Berga
- Republic of Venice
- Giudicato of Gallura
- County of Aragon
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Urgell
- County of Besalú
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since AD 800
Tulunids · West Franks · East Franks · Kingdom of Lower Burgundy · Principality of Hungary · Magyars · Bagratid Armenia · Kievan Rus' · Kingdom of Brittany · Upper Burgundy · Duchy of Bohemia · Nitra · Kingdom of the Iberians · Emirate of Sicily · Great Moravia · County of Ribagorza · Principality of Salerno · Giudicato of Cagliari · Emirate of Crete · Giudicato of Logudoro · County of Barcelona · Sajid Dynasty · County of Rosellón · County of Pallars · County of Berga · Giudicato of Gallura · County of Aragon · Giudicato of Arborea · County of Urgell · County of Besalú
Gone from the map by 1000
Abbasid Caliphate · Tulunids · Khazaria · Rustamid dynasty · Emirate of Córdoba · West Franks · East Franks · Kingdom of Lower Burgundy · Aghlabid Dynasty · Principality of Hungary · Idrisids · Kingdom of Asturias · Magyars · Kingdom of Brittany · Upper Burgundy · Principality of Serbia · Nitra · Kingdom of the Iberians · Great Moravia · Duchy of Croatia · Cyprus Condominium · Emirate of Crete · Sajid Dynasty · County of Aragon · County of Besalú
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in AD 900
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.