The world in 1279
1279 is the Mongol Empire at its greatest extent. This map shows the 121 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1279
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mamluk Dynasty
- Mali Empire
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Khmer Empire
- Yadava Dynasty
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Pagan Kingdom
- Crown of Castile
- Almohad Caliphate
- Srivijaya
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Kamakura Shogunate
- Byzantine Empire
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of England
- Kakatiya Dynasty
- Kingdom of France
- Sukhothai Kingdom
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Pandya Empire
- Eastern Ganga Kingdom
- Ethiopian Empire
- Teutonic Order
- Principality of Minsk
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Ngô Dynasty
- Later Mayan City-States
- Kingdom of Alba
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Alodia
- Crown of Aragon
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Chámpa
- House of Habsburg
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Duchies of Poland
- Chandela Kingdom
- Mahdids
- Viking settlements
- Capetian House of Anjou
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Singhasari
- Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Ceylon
- Hoysala Kingdom
- Haripuñjaya
- Sunda Kingdom
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
- Papal States
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Duchy of Masovia
- Duchy of Brittany
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- House of Ascania
- Lavo Kingdom
- County of Flanders
- Duchy of Greater Poland
- House of Anjou-Sicily
- Grand Duchy of Kraków
- Emirate of Granada
- County of Champagne
- Republic of Pisa
- Kingdom of Arles
- Duchy of Silesia
- Republic of Venice
- County of Auvergne
- Despotate of Epirus
- Banate of Bosnia
- House of Wittelsbach
- Empire of Trebizond
- County of Savoy
- Empire of Kanem
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Thessaly
- Republic of Genoa
- Duchy of Opole
- County of Brabant
- Kingdom of Majorca
- County of Touraine
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Duchy of Aquitaine
- Patriarchate of Aquileia
- Dauphiné
- County of Périgord
- County of Blôis
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Sultanate of Kedah
- County of Artois
- Puebloans - Aztec Regional System
- County of Holland
- Duchy of Athens
- County of Armagnac
- House of Luxembourg
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
- County of Foix
- Kingdom of Dambadeniya
- Duchy of Głogów
- Chimu Empire
- Giudicato of Arborea
- Duchy of Legnica
- Kingdom of Jerusalem
- Comtat Venaissin
- Texcoco
- County of Ampuria
- Duchy of Jawor
- Shunten Dynasty
- Namayan
- Duchy of the Archipelago
- Kathmandu
- County of Tripoli
- County of Urgell
- Duchy of Styria
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1229
Mamluk Sultanate · Mali Empire · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Crown of Castile · Rasulid Dynasty · Byzantine Empire · Sukhothai Kingdom · Hafsid Dynasty · Ethiopian Empire · Teutonic Order · Zayyanid dynasty · House of Habsburg · Duchies of Poland · Capetian House of Anjou · Bahrani Dynasty · Margraviate of Brandenburg · Ceylon · Duchy of Bavaria · House of Ascania · Lavo Kingdom · House of Anjou-Sicily · Grand Duchy of Kraków · Emirate of Granada · House of Wittelsbach · County of Savoy · Thessaly · County of Brabant · Kingdom of Majorca · Republic of Florence · Patriarchate of Aquileia · Dauphiné · County of Artois · County of Holland · House of Luxembourg · Samudera Pasai Sultanate · County of Foix · Kingdom of Dambadeniya · Duchy of Głogów · Duchy of Legnica · Comtat Venaissin · Duchy of Jawor · Duchy of Styria · Principality of Orange
Gone from the map by 1329
Mongol Empire · Mamluk Dynasty · Yadava Dynasty · Pagan Kingdom · Srivijaya · Kakatiya Dynasty · Pandya Empire · Principality of Minsk · Kingdom of Alba · Duchies of Poland · Chandela Kingdom · Singhasari · Haripuñjaya · Duchy of Bavaria · Duchy of Sandomierz · Duchy of Greater Poland · House of Anjou-Sicily · Grand Duchy of Kraków · County of Champagne · Duchy of Silesia · Kingdom of Gwynedd · Duchy of Opole · County of Touraine · Kingdom of Navarre · Puebloans - Aztec Regional System · Duchy of Athens · Kingdom of Dambadeniya · Duchy of Głogów · Duchy of Legnica · Kingdom of Jerusalem · Duchy of Jawor · Shunten Dynasty · Duchy of the Archipelago · County of Tripoli
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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.