Middle East & North Africa in 1050
This map shows the 65 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 1050
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Byzantine Empire
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Buyid Dynasty
- Makuria
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Ghana Empire
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Castile
- Alodia
- Taifa of Badajoz
- Oghuz Turks
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Taifa of Toledo
- Takrur
- Shirvan
- Taifa of Zaragoza
- Western Karakhanid Khanate
- Barghawata Conference
- Holy Roman Empire
- Norman Italy
- Emirate of Sicily
- Taifa of Granada
- Taifa of Valencia
- Taifa of Dénia
- Papal States
- Taifa of Almería
- County of Ribagorza
- Taifa of Seville
- Taifa of Carmona
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Zagwe dynasty
- Caliphate of Córdoba
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Taifa of Albarracín
- Taifa of Tortosa
- County of Barcelona
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Taifa of Algeciras
- Principality of Salerno
- Taifa of Silves
- Taifa of Arcos
- Qarmatians
- Taifa of Saltés and Huelva
- County of Rosellón
- County of Urgell
- County of Berga
- Duchy of Gascony
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Toulouse
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Taifa of Alpuente
- County of Osona
- Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve
- County of Pallars Jussà
- Taifa of Niebla
- Taifa of Morón
- County of Rouergue
- County of Ampuria
- Taifa of Ronda
- Duchy of Naples
- Republic of Pisa
New on the map since 1000
Great Seljuk Empire · Hammadid Dynasty · Taifa of Badajoz · Kingdom of Georgia · Taifa of Toledo · Takrur · Taifa of Zaragoza · Western Karakhanid Khanate · Norman Italy · Taifa of Granada · Taifa of Valencia · Taifa of Dénia · Taifa of Almería · Taifa of Seville · Taifa of Carmona · Kingdom of Aragon · Taifa of Albarracín · Taifa of Tortosa · Taifa of Algeciras · Taifa of Silves · Taifa of Arcos · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · County of Pallars Sobirà · Taifa of Alpuente · Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve · County of Pallars Jussà · Taifa of Niebla · Taifa of Morón · Taifa of Ronda · Republic of Pisa
Gone from the map by 1100
Buyid Dynasty · Taifa of Badajoz · Oghuz Turks · Taifa of Toledo · Shirvan · Western Karakhanid Khanate · Barghawata Conference · Emirate of Sicily · Taifa of Granada · Taifa of Valencia · Taifa of Almería · County of Ribagorza · Taifa of Seville · Taifa of Carmona · Caliphate of Córdoba · Taifa of Algeciras · Principality of Salerno · Taifa of Silves · Taifa of Arcos · Qarmatians · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · Duchy of Gascony · Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve · Taifa of Niebla · Taifa of Morón · County of Rouergue · Taifa of Ronda
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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.