The world in 1206
1206 is the year Genghis Khan united the Mongols. This map shows the 149 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1206
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Mongol Empire
- Kara-Khitans
- Great Jin
- Khwarezmid Empire
- Southern Song
- Tibetans
- Ghurid Dynasty
- Kievan Rus'
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Holy Roman Empire
- Almohad Caliphate
- Novgorod Republic
- Khmer Empire
- Yenisei Kyrgyz
- Western Xia
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Halych-Volhynia occupation
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Yadava Dynasty
- Principality of Rostov-Suzdal
- Pagan Kingdom
- Srivijaya
- Sultanate of Rum
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Kingdom of Dali
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Kamakura Shogunate
- Principality of Chernigov
- Angevin Empire
- Principality of Galicia-Volhynia
- Lohara Dynasty
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Sena Dynasty
- Kakatiya Dynasty
- Chaulukya Dynasty
- Icelandic Commonwealth
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Makuria
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sosso Empire
- Principality of Smolensk
- Kingdom of France
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Paramara Dynasty
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- Chola Empire
- Kashmir
- Goryeo
- Kingdom of Castile
- Eastern Ganga Kingdom
- Principality of Pereyaslavl
- Kingdom of León
- Ngô Dynasty
- Later Mayan City-States
- Zengid dynasty
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Alodia
- Nicaean Empire
- Principality of Kiev
- Hoysala Kingdom
- Principality of Turov and Pinsk
- Principality of Ryazan
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Alba
- Crown of Aragon
- Principality of Minsk
- Chandela Kingdom
- Mahdids
- Latin Empire
- Viking settlements
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Takrur
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Volga Bulgaria
- County of Toulouse
- Kediri Kingdom
- Uyunid Emirate
- Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
- Despotate of Epirus
- Principality of Polotsky
- Duchy of Masovia
- Haripuñjaya
- Shirvan
- Sunda Kingdom
- Duchy of Greater Poland
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Norse Greenland
- Duchy of Brittany
- Empire of Trebizond
- Duchy of Silesia
- Kingdom of Thessalonica
- Principality of Jersika
- Banate of Bosnia
- County of Champagne
- Principality of Drutsk
- County of Poitou
- Kingdom of Arles
- County of Vermandois
- Republic of Venice
- Principality of Achaea
- County of Auvergne
- Republic of Pisa
- Papal States
- Empire of Kanem
- Duchy of Opole
- County of Nevers
- County of Périgord
- Zagwe dynasty
- County of Touraine
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- County of Flanders
- County of Berga
- County of Blôis
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Puebloans - Aztec Regional System
- Brythons
- Duchy of Athens
- County of Armagnac
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Republic of Genoa
- Livonian Brothers of the Sword
- Kingdom of Mann
- Principality of Antioch
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- County of Urgell
- Early Balinese Kingdoms
- Classic Veracruz Culture
- Kingdom of Powys Wenwynwyn
- Giudicato of Gallura
- Chimu Empire
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Tripoli
- Principality of Koknese
- Negroponte
- Byzantine Empire
- Texcoco
- Kingdom of Powys Fadog
- Tamna
- Domain of Rhodes
- County of Ampuria
- Shunten Dynasty
- Namayan
- Kathmandu
- County of Boulogne
- Ghaznavid Empire
New on the map since 1156
Mongol Empire · Khwarezmid Empire · Ayyubid Sultanate · Yadava Dynasty · Second Bulgarian Empire · Kamakura Shogunate · Principality of Galicia-Volhynia · Kakatiya Dynasty · Sosso Empire · Abbasid Caliphate · Kingdom of León · Nicaean Empire · Principality of Turov and Pinsk · Kingdom of Bohemia · Crown of Aragon · Mahdids · Latin Empire · Despotate of Epirus · Principality of Polotsky · Kingdom of Serbia · Empire of Trebizond · Duchy of Silesia · Kingdom of Thessalonica · Banate of Bosnia · County of Poitou · Principality of Achaea · County of Auvergne · Duchy of Opole · County of Périgord · County of Touraine · Duchy of Aquitaine · County of Berga · Kingdom of Cyprus · Duchy of Athens · County of Armagnac · Livonian Brothers of the Sword · Kingdom of Mann · Kingdom of Powys Wenwynwyn · Chimu Empire · Negroponte · Texcoco · Kingdom of Powys Fadog · Domain of Rhodes · Shunten Dynasty · Namayan · Kathmandu · County of Boulogne
Gone from the map by 1256
Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Kara-Khitans · Great Jin · Khwarezmid Empire · Ghurid Dynasty · Kievan Rus' · Ayyubid Sultanate · Novgorod Republic · Yenisei Kyrgyz · Western Xia · Halych-Volhynia occupation · Principality of Rostov-Suzdal · Principality of Chernigov · Angevin Empire · Principality of Galicia-Volhynia · Sena Dynasty · Chaulukya Dynasty · Kingdom of Georgia · Sosso Empire · Principality of Smolensk · Paramara Dynasty · Kashmir · Kingdom of Castile · Principality of Pereyaslavl · Kingdom of León · Principality of Kiev · Principality of Turov and Pinsk · Principality of Ryazan · Principality of Minsk · Takrur · Volga Bulgaria · County of Toulouse · Kediri Kingdom · Uyunid Emirate · Principality of Polotsky · Shirvan · Kingdom of Thessalonica · Principality of Jersika · Principality of Drutsk · County of Poitou · County of Vermandois · County of Berga · Brythons · Livonian Brothers of the Sword · County of Urgell · Early Balinese Kingdoms · Classic Veracruz Culture · Kingdom of Powys Wenwynwyn · Giudicato of Gallura · Principality of Koknese · Negroponte · Byzantine Empire · Kingdom of Powys Fadog · Domain of Rhodes · Ghaznavid Empire
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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.