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Middle East & North Africa in 1346

1346 is the year before the Black Death reached Europe. This map shows the 60 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1346 with 60 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1346

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Mali Empire
  • Marinid Sultanate
  • Jalayirid Sultanate
  • Sarbadars
  • Crown of Castile
  • Kartids
  • Rasulid Dynasty
  • Muzaffarids
  • Golden Horde
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Germiyanids
  • Chobanids
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Makuria
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Chagatai Khanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Alodia
  • Beylik of Karaman
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Injuids
  • Kingdom of Naples
  • Mahdids
  • Second Bulgarian Empire
  • Bahrani Dynasty
  • Beylik of Isfendiyar
  • Kingdom of Serbia
  • Shirvan
  • Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
  • Beylik of Teke
  • Beylik of Dulkadir
  • Emirate of Granada
  • Empire of Trebizond
  • Kingdom of Sicily
  • Papal States
  • Republic of Pisa
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Beylik of Saruhan
  • Republic of Venice
  • Catalan Company
  • Kingdom of Cyprus
  • Beylik of Aydin
  • Empire of Kanem
  • Kingdom of Navarre
  • Beylik of Menteshe
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Ahi Republic
  • Giudicato of Arborea
  • Kingdom of England
  • County of Foix
  • Kingdom of France
  • Commune of the Zealots
  • County of Ampuria
  • Principality of Valona
  • Ifat Sultanate
  • County of Urgell
  • Banate of Bosnia

New on the map since 1296

Marinid Sultanate · Jalayirid Sultanate · Sarbadars · Kartids · Muzaffarids · Germiyanids · Chobanids · Ottoman Empire · Kingdom of Georgia · Beylik of Karaman · Injuids · Beylik of Isfendiyar · Shirvan · Beylik of Teke · Beylik of Dulkadir · Kingdom of Sicily · Beylik of Saruhan · Catalan Company · Beylik of Aydin · Kingdom of Navarre · Beylik of Menteshe · Ahi Republic · Commune of the Zealots · Principality of Valona · Banate of Bosnia

Gone from the map by 1396

Sarbadars · Kartids · Muzaffarids · Chobanids · Chagatai Khanate · Injuids · Second Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of Serbia · Shirvan · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · Kingdom of Sicily · Catalan Company · Empire of Kanem · Ahi Republic · Kingdom of England · Commune of the Zealots · County of Ampuria · Principality of Valona · Banate of Bosnia

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1346

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.