Middle East & North Africa in 1150
This map shows the 63 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 1150
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Fatimid Caliphate
- Byzantine Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Almoravid Dynasty
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Zengid dynasty
- Kingdom of Castile
- Makuria
- Najahid Dynasty
- Ghana Empire
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Rum
- Kara-Khitans
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Alodia
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Danishmendids
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Takrur
- Taifa of Valencia
- Uyunid Emirate
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Shirvan
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Hammadid Dynasty
- Zirid dynasty
- County of Edessa
- County of Barcelona
- Papal States
- Principality of Antioch
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Taifa of Dénia
- Taifa of Córdoba
- Holy Roman Empire
- Zagwe dynasty
- Taifa of Murcia
- Republic of Pisa
- Taifa of Almería
- Giudicato of Cagliari
- Empire of Kanem
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- County of Tripoli
- Taifa of Silves
- Grand Principality of Serbia
- Taifa of Algeciras
- County of Urgell
- County of Toulouse
- Taifa of Badajoz
- County of Rosellón
- Taifa of Saltés and Huelva
- Taifa of Carmona
- Kingdom of France
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- Zurayid dynasty
- Taifa of Tejada
- County of Pallars Jussà
- Taifa of Niebla
- County of Ampuria
- Hamdanid Emirates
New on the map since 1100
Almohad Caliphate · Zengid dynasty · Kara-Khitans · Kingdom of Sicily · Kingdom of Portugal · Taifa of Valencia · Shirvan · Kingdom of Navarre · Taifa of Córdoba · Taifa of Murcia · Taifa of Almería · County of Tripoli · Taifa of Silves · Taifa of Algeciras · Taifa of Badajoz · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · Taifa of Carmona · Kingdom of France · Taifa of Tejada · Taifa of Niebla
Gone from the map by 1200
Fatimid Caliphate · Ghaznavid Empire · Zengid dynasty · Najahid Dynasty · Danishmendids · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of Aragon · Hammadid Dynasty · Zirid dynasty · County of Edessa · County of Barcelona · Taifa of Dénia · Taifa of Córdoba · Taifa of Murcia · Taifa of Almería · Giudicato of Cagliari · Taifa of Silves · Grand Principality of Serbia · Taifa of Algeciras · Taifa of Badajoz · County of Rosellón · Taifa of Saltés and Huelva · Taifa of Carmona · Kingdom of France · Zurayid dynasty · Taifa of Tejada · County of Pallars Jussà · Taifa of Niebla
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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.