The world in AD 700
This map shows the 67 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in AD 700
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Tang Dynasty
- Türgesh
- Tibetan Empire
- Turks
- Byzantine Empire
- Khazaria
- Chalukya Dynasty
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Yenisei Kyrgyz
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Srivijaya
- Chenla
- Turk Shahis
- Mayan City-States
- Avar Khaganate
- Maitraka Dynasty
- Aquitaine
- Asuka Japan
- Kingdom of Italy
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Makuria
- Unified Silla
- Haripuñjaya
- Karkota Dynasty
- Saxons
- Lavo Kingdom
- Alodia
- Pyu City-States
- Kamarupa Kingdom
- Bavarians
- Late Pallava Empire
- Kingdom of Axum
- Khadga Dynasty
- Kashmir
- Dabuyid Dynasty
- Frisia Kingdom
- Pandya Dynasty
- Volga Bulgaria
- Chámpa
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Anurādhapura
- Carantania
- Duchy of Thuringia
- Principality of Iberia
- Kingdom of Wessex
- Galuh Kingdom
- Kingdom of Lazica
- Breton Kingdoms
- Magna Frisia
- Sunda Kingdom
- Dál Riata
- Strathclyde
- Kingdom of East Anglia
- Dumnonia
- Brythons
- Cyprus Condominium
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Kingdom of Powys
- Zapotec Civilization
- Teotihuacan
- Classic Veracruz Culture
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
New on the map since AD 600
Umayyad Caliphate · Tang Dynasty · Türgesh · Tibetan Empire · Turks · Byzantine Empire · Khazaria · Srivijaya · Aquitaine · First Bulgarian Empire · Unified Silla · Haripuñjaya · Lavo Kingdom · Khadga Dynasty · Kashmir · Dabuyid Dynasty · Frisia Kingdom · Volga Bulgaria · Kingdom of Northumbria · Carantania · Principality of Iberia · Galuh Kingdom · Kingdom of Lazica · Magna Frisia · Sunda Kingdom · Strathclyde · Dumnonia · Cyprus Condominium
Gone from the map by AD 800
Umayyad Caliphate · Türgesh · Turks · Chalukya Dynasty · Visigothic Kingdom · Chenla · Maitraka Dynasty · Aquitaine · Asuka Japan · Kingdom of Italy · Saxons · Bavarians · Khadga Dynasty · Dabuyid Dynasty · Frisia Kingdom · Carantania · Duchy of Thuringia · Principality of Iberia · Kingdom of Wessex · Kingdom of Lazica · Magna Frisia · Kingdom of East Anglia · Dumnonia · Teotihuacan
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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.