The world in 1250
This map shows the 118 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1250
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Southern Song
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mamluk Dynasty
- Holy Roman Empire
- Mali Empire
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Khmer Empire
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Yadava Dynasty
- Pagan Kingdom
- Crown of Castile
- Marinid Sultanate
- Srivijaya
- Kingdom of Dali
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Kamakura Shogunate
- Kingdom of England
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Nicaean Empire
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Sukhothai Kingdom
- Lohara Dynasty
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Kingdom of France
- Kakatiya Dynasty
- Sultanate of Rum
- Icelandic Commonwealth
- Makuria
- Pandya Empire
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- Teutonic Order
- Goryeo
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Eastern Ganga Kingdom
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Ngô Dynasty
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Crown of Aragon
- Later Mayan City-States
- Zengid dynasty
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Alodia
- Chámpa
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Alba
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Chandela Kingdom
- Mahdids
- Despotate of Epirus
- Viking settlements
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Hoysala Kingdom
- Singhasari
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Haripuñjaya
- Sunda Kingdom
- Duchy of Greater Poland
- Duchy of Masovia
- Norse Greenland
- Duchy of Brittany
- Lavo Kingdom
- Ceylon
- Emirate of Granada
- County of Champagne
- Capetian House of Anjou
- Republic of Venice
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Arles
- Banate of Bosnia
- County of Auvergne
- Principality of Achaea
- Duchy of Głogów
- Kingdom of Polonnaruwa
- Papal States
- Empire of Trebizond
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Duchy of Opole
- Duchy of Silesia
- County of Nevers
- County of Périgord
- Zagwe dynasty
- County of Touraine
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- County of Flanders
- County of Blôis
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Sultanate of Kedah
- County of Artois
- Duchy of Athens
- Puebloans - Aztec Regional System
- Republic of Genoa
- County of Armagnac
- Giudicato of Logudoro
- Kingdom of Mann
- Principality of Antioch
- Chola Empire
- County of Foix
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya
- Chimu Empire
- Giudicato of Arborea
- County of Tripoli
- Latin Empire
- Texcoco
- Tamna
- Tibetans
- Almohad Caliphate
- County of Ampuria
- Shunten Dynasty
- Namayan
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- Kathmandu
- County of Boulogne
New on the map since 1200
Mongol Empire · Mamluk Sultanate · Mamluk Dynasty · Mali Empire · Crown of Castile · Marinid Sultanate · Rasulid Dynasty · Kingdom of England · Nicaean Empire · Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Sukhothai Kingdom · Hafsid Dynasty · Pandya Empire · Abbasid Caliphate · Teutonic Order · Zayyanid dynasty · Zengid dynasty · Kingdom of Bohemia · Despotate of Epirus · Singhasari · Duchy of Masovia · Duchy of Brittany · Lavo Kingdom · Ceylon · Emirate of Granada · Capetian House of Anjou · County of Auvergne · Principality of Achaea · Duchy of Głogów · Empire of Trebizond · County of Périgord · County of Touraine · Duchy of Aquitaine · County of Artois · Duchy of Athens · County of Armagnac · County of Foix · Kingdom of Dambadeniya · Latin Empire · Texcoco · Namayan · Duchy of the Archipelago · Kathmandu
Gone from the map by 1300
Mongol Empire · Southern Song · Mamluk Dynasty · Holy Roman Empire · Pagan Kingdom · Marinid Sultanate · Srivijaya · Kingdom of Dali · Nicaean Empire · Lohara Dynasty · Sultanate of Rum · Icelandic Commonwealth · Abbasid Caliphate · Goryeo · Zengid dynasty · Kingdom of Sicily · Kingdom of Alba · Singhasari · Hamdanid Emirates · Haripuñjaya · Norse Greenland · County of Champagne · Kingdom of Polonnaruwa · Kingdom of Gwynedd · Zagwe dynasty · Kingdom of Navarre · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Giudicato of Logudoro · Kingdom of Mann · Principality of Antioch · Chola Empire · Kingdom of Dambadeniya · County of Tripoli · Latin Empire · Tamna · Tibetans · County of Boulogne
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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.