Middle East & North Africa in 1099
1099 is the year the First Crusade took Jerusalem. This map shows the 55 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 1099
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Byzantine Empire
- Khwarezmid Dynasty
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Kingdom of Castile
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Najahid Dynasty
- Sultanate of Rum
- Alodia
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Norman Italy
- Danishmendids
- Takrur
- Uyunid Emirate
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Zirid dynasty
- Taifa of Zaragoza
- Holy Roman Empire
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Taifa of Dénia
- Kingdom of Aragon
- County of Edessa
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Zagwe dynasty
- Kingdom of Duklja
- Republic of Pisa
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- County of Barcelona
- Taifa of Albarracín
- Principality of Antioch
- Empire of Kanem
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Taifa of Tortosa
- Ziyadid dynasty
- Grand Principality of Serbia
- County of Berga
- County of Toulouse
- County of Urgell
- County of Rosellón
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Taifa of Alpuente
- Zurayid dynasty
- County of Pallars Jussà
- County of Osona
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since 1049
Almoravid Dynasty · Khwarezmid Dynasty · Najahid Dynasty · Sultanate of Rum · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Danishmendids · Uyunid Emirate · Zirid dynasty · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · County of Edessa · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Kingdom of Duklja · Principality of Antioch · Empire of Kanem · Grand Principality of Serbia · Duchy of Aquitaine · Zurayid dynasty
Gone from the map by 1149
Khwarezmid Dynasty · Norman Italy · Taifa of Zaragoza · Kingdom of Duklja · Taifa of Albarracín · Taifa of Tortosa · Ziyadid dynasty · County of Berga · Duchy of Aquitaine · Taifa of Alpuente · County of Osona · Duchy of Naples
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1099
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.