Middle East & North Africa in 1200
This map shows the 46 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 1200
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Ghurid Dynasty
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Khwarezmid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Sultanate of Rum
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Kara-Khitans
- Kingdom of León
- Kingdom of Castile
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Alodia
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Crown of Aragon
- Mahdids
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Takrur
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Uyunid Emirate
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Shirvan
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Holy Roman Empire
- Zagwe dynasty
- County of Berga
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Empire of Kanem
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Principality of Antioch
- Almoravid Dynasty
- County of Urgell
- County of Toulouse
- Angevin Empire
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Tripoli
- County of Pallars Sobirà
- County of Ampuria
New on the map since 1150
Ayyubid Sultanate · Ghurid Dynasty · Khwarezmid Dynasty · Kingdom of León · Crown of Aragon · Mahdids · Second Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of Serbia · County of Berga · Kingdom of Cyprus · Angevin Empire
Gone from the map by 1250
Ayyubid Sultanate · Ghurid Dynasty · Great Seljuk Empire · Khwarezmid Dynasty · Byzantine Empire · Ghana Empire · Kingdom of Georgia · Kara-Khitans · Kingdom of León · Kingdom of Castile · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Takrur · Uyunid Emirate · Shirvan · County of Berga · Almoravid Dynasty · County of Urgell · County of Toulouse · Angevin Empire · Giudicato of Gallura · County of Pallars Sobirà
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Other regions in 1200
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.