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Middle East & North Africa in AD 565

AD 565 is the year Justinian died. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in AD 565 with 14 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 AD 565

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Sasanian Empire
  • Eastern Roman Empire
  • Visigothic Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Ghassanids
  • Lakhmid Kingdom
  • Göktürk Khaganate
  • Nobatia
  • Alodia
  • Kingdom of the Suebi
  • Makuria
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Turk Shahis
  • Himyarite Kingdom

New on the map since AD 465

Ghassanids · Göktürk Khaganate · Kingdom of the Franks · Turk Shahis

Gone from the map by AD 665

Sasanian Empire · Eastern Roman Empire · Ghassanids · Lakhmid Kingdom · Göktürk Khaganate · Nobatia · Kingdom of the Suebi · Kingdom of the Franks · Himyarite Kingdom

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 565

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.