Middle East & North Africa in AD 600
This map shows the 15 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 AD 600
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Sasanian Empire
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Axum
- Ghassanids
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Western Göktürks
- Nobatia
- Alodia
- Kingdom of Italy
- Makuria
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Karkota Dynasty
- Turk Shahis
New on the map since AD 500
Ghassanids · Western Göktürks · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of the Franks · Karkota Dynasty · Turk Shahis
Gone from the map by AD 700
Sasanian Empire · Eastern Roman Empire · Ghassanids · Himyarite Kingdom · Lakhmid Kingdom · Western Göktürks · Nobatia · Kingdom of the Franks · Karkota Dynasty
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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.