The world in AD 800
This map shows the 77 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in AD 800
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Tibetan Empire
- Uyghur Khaganate
- Tang Dynasty
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Khazaria
- Rashtrakuta Dynasty
- Byzantine Empire
- Scandinavian minor kingdoms
- Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
- Nanzhao
- Oghuz Turks
- Qarlugs
- Rustamid dynasty
- Emirate of Córdoba
- Pala Empire
- Srivijaya
- Balhae
- Mayan City-States
- Turk Shahis
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Yenisei Kyrgyz
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Heian Japan
- Avar Khaganate
- Idrisids
- Water Chenla
- Makuria
- Ghana Empire
- Land Chenla
- Unified Silla
- Kingdom of Mercia
- Haripuñjaya
- Karkota Dynasty
- Lavo Kingdom
- Alodia
- Pyu City-States
- Late Pallava Empire
- Kingdom of Asturias
- Kamarupa Kingdom
- Kingdom of Axum
- Dál Riata
- Kashmir
- Pandya Dynasty
- Volga Bulgaria
- Chámpa
- Kingdom of Northumbria
- Anurādhapura
- Duchy of Benevento
- Mataram Kingdom
- Barghawata Conference
- Georgia
- Galuh Kingdom
- Principality of Serbia
- Breton Kingdoms
- Duchy of Croatia
- Sunda Kingdom
- Viking settlements
- Duchy of Gascony
- Papal States
- Obotrites
- Classic Veracruz Culture
- Brythons
- Strathclyde
- Cyprus Condominium
- Zapotec Civilization
- Emirate of Nekor
- Kingdom of Gwynedd
- Kingdom of Powys
- Khmer Empire
- Cornwall
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Brycheiniog
- Kingdom of Morgannwg
- Kingdom of Gwent
- Duchy of Naples
New on the map since AD 700
Abbasid Caliphate · Uyghur Khaganate · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Rashtrakuta Dynasty · Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty · Nanzhao · Oghuz Turks · Qarlugs · Rustamid dynasty · Emirate of Córdoba · Pala Empire · Balhae · Aghlabid Dynasty · Heian Japan · Idrisids · Water Chenla · Ghana Empire · Land Chenla · Kingdom of Asturias · Duchy of Benevento · Mataram Kingdom · Barghawata Conference · Georgia · Principality of Serbia · Duchy of Croatia · Viking settlements · Duchy of Gascony · Papal States · Obotrites · Emirate of Nekor · Khmer Empire · Cornwall · Republic of Venice · Duchy of Naples
Gone from the map by AD 900
Tibetan Empire · Uyghur Khaganate · Kingdom of the Franks · Qarlugs · Mayan City-States · Turk Shahis · Avar Khaganate · Water Chenla · Land Chenla · Karkota Dynasty · Late Pallava Empire · Dál Riata · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Gascony · Zapotec Civilization · Kingdom of Powys
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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.