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North America in 1200

This map shows the 5 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.

Map of North America in 1200 with 5 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 North America in 1200

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Later Mayan City-States
  • Viking settlements
  • Norse Greenland
  • Puebloans - Aztec Regional System
  • Classic Veracruz Culture

New on the map since 1150

Puebloans - Aztec Regional System

Gone from the map by 1250

Classic Veracruz Culture

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North America in other years

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.