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The world in AD 814

AD 814 is the year Charlemagne died. This map shows the 76 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.

Map of the world in AD 814 with 76 states and peoples
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States and peoples in the world in AD 814

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Abbasid Caliphate
  • Tibetan Empire
  • Uyghur Khaganate
  • Tang Dynasty
  • Kimek-Kipchak confederation
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Rashtrakuta Dynasty
  • Khazaria
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Scandinavian minor kingdoms
  • Nanzhao
  • Oghuz Turks
  • Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty
  • Qarlugs
  • Rustamid dynasty
  • Emirate of Córdoba
  • Pala Empire
  • Srivijaya
  • First Bulgarian Empire
  • Khmer Empire
  • Balhae
  • Mayan City-States
  • Turk Shahis
  • Aghlabid Dynasty
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Heian Japan
  • Idrisids
  • Makuria
  • Ghana Empire
  • Unified Silla
  • Haripuñjaya
  • Karkota Dynasty
  • Lavo Kingdom
  • Alodia
  • Pyu City-States
  • Kingdom of Mercia
  • 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
  • Great Moravia
  • Barghawata Conference
  • Principality of Nitra
  • Kingdom of Wessex
  • Georgia
  • Galuh Kingdom
  • Principality of Serbia
  • Kingdom of the Iberians
  • Breton Kingdoms
  • Obotrites
  • Viking settlements
  • Sunda Kingdom
  • Papal States
  • Classic Veracruz Culture
  • Brythons
  • Strathclyde
  • Duchy of Gascony
  • Cyprus Condominium
  • Zapotec Civilization
  • Emirate of Nekor
  • Kingdom of Gwynedd
  • Kingdom of Powys
  • Cornwall
  • Republic of Venice
  • Kingdom of Brycheiniog
  • Kingdom of Gwent
  • Kingdom of Morgannwg
  • Duchy of Naples

New on the map since AD 714

Abbasid Caliphate · Uyghur Khaganate · Kimek-Kipchak confederation · Rashtrakuta Dynasty · Nanzhao · Oghuz Turks · Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty · Qarlugs · Rustamid dynasty · Emirate of Córdoba · Pala Empire · Khmer Empire · Aghlabid Dynasty · Heian Japan · Idrisids · Ghana Empire · Kingdom of Asturias · Duchy of Benevento · Mataram Kingdom · Great Moravia · Barghawata Conference · Principality of Nitra · Georgia · Principality of Serbia · Kingdom of the Iberians · Obotrites · Viking settlements · Papal States · Duchy of Gascony · Emirate of Nekor · Duchy of Naples

Gone from the map by AD 914

Tibetan Empire · Uyghur Khaganate · Tang Dynasty · Kingdom of the Franks · Nanzhao · Qarlugs · Rustamid dynasty · Mayan City-States · Turk Shahis · Aghlabid Dynasty · Karkota Dynasty · Dál Riata · Great Moravia · Principality of Nitra · Breton Kingdoms · Duchy of Gascony · Zapotec Civilization

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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.