Middle East & North Africa in 1000
This map shows the 47 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1000
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Buyid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Makuria
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Ghana Empire
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Kingdom of León
- Alodia
- Oghuz Turks
- Seljuk Dynasty
- Bagratid Armenia
- Georgia
- Shirvan
- Kingdom of Vaspurakan
- Kingdom of Castile
- Kara-Khanids
- Holy Roman Empire
- Barghawata Conference
- Emirate of Sicily
- County of Ribagorza
- Papal States
- Duchy of Benevento
- Zagwe dynasty
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Barcelona
- Emirate of Nekor
- Principality of Salerno
- County of Pallars
- Qarmatians
- County of Berga
- County of Rosellón
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Duchy of Gascony
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Toulouse
- County of Urgell
- County of Osona
- Duchy of Naples
- County of Rouergue
- County of Ampuria
- Principality of Capua
- Republic of Amalfi
New on the map since AD 950
Ghaznavid Empire · Buyid Dynasty · Seljuk Dynasty · Kingdom of Castile · Kara-Khanids · Holy Roman Empire · Emirate of Sicily · Duchy of Gascony · County of Toulouse · County of Osona · County of Rouergue · County of Ampuria · Principality of Capua · Republic of Amalfi
Gone from the map by 1050
First Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of León · Seljuk Dynasty · Bagratid Armenia · Georgia · Kingdom of Vaspurakan · Kara-Khanids · Duchy of Benevento · Emirate of Nekor · County of Pallars · Principality of Capua · Republic of Amalfi
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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.