Middle East & North Africa in 1279
1279 is the Mongol Empire at its greatest extent. This map shows the 43 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 1279
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mali Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Crown of Castile
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Alodia
- Crown of Aragon
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Mahdids
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Kingdom of Serbia
- House of Anjou-Sicily
- Emirate of Granada
- Papal States
- Republic of Pisa
- Despotate of Epirus
- Thessaly
- Empire of Trebizond
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Majorca
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Republic of Genoa
- Duchy of Athens
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of England
- Giudicato of Arborea
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- County of Foix
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- County of Tripoli
- County of Urgell
- Kingdom of Sicily
New on the map since 1229
Mamluk Sultanate · Mali Empire · Crown of Castile · Rasulid Dynasty · Byzantine Empire · Hafsid Dynasty · Zayyanid dynasty · Ethiopian Empire · Bahrani Dynasty · House of Anjou-Sicily · Emirate of Granada · Thessaly · Kingdom of Majorca · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · County of Foix
Gone from the map by 1329
Mongol Empire · House of Anjou-Sicily · Duchy of Athens · Kingdom of Navarre · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Duchy of the Archipelago · County of Tripoli
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1279
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.