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World Map in 1000 CE: Empires & Borders

129 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 1000 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 1000 CE

  1. Song Empire — 2,996,331 km²
  2. Fatimid Caliphate — 1,814,934 km²
  3. Rajput kingdoms — 1,636,346 km²
  4. Byzantine Empire — 842,744 km²
  5. Caliphate of Córdoba — 719,925 km²
  6. Srivijaya Empire — 714,373 km²
  7. Holy Roman Empire — 702,872 km²
  8. Chalukya Empire — 557,066 km²
  9. Tiahuanaco Empire — 498,944 km²
  10. Kingdom of France — 493,212 km²
  11. Khmer Empire — 463,099 km²
  12. Huari Empire — 423,573 km²
  13. Bulgar Khanate — 366,789 km²
  14. Chola Empire — 319,158 km²
  15. Kingdom of Pagan — 262,249 km²
  16. Merina Kingdom — 148,545 km²
  17. Celtic kingdoms — 103,434 km²
  18. Toltec Empire — 83,212 km²
  19. Kingdom of Georgia — 72,506 km²
  20. Tuʻi Tonga Empire — 23,630 km²

Other states and peoples in 1000 CE

  1. Bantu peoples — 8,454,761 km²
  2. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
  3. Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers — 5,812,116 km²
  4. West African cereal farmers — 4,906,068 km²
  5. Arctic marine mammal hunters — 3,896,762 km²
  6. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers — 3,546,346 km²
  7. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 3,201,853 km²
  8. Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers — 3,081,459 km²
  9. Kimek-Kipchak khaganate — 3,031,349 km²
  10. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 3,027,804 km²
  11. Plain bison hunters — 2,624,015 km²
  12. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 2,510,066 km²
  13. Denmark-Norway — 2,481,616 km²
  14. Khoisan — 2,463,071 km²
  15. Tibet — 2,300,738 km²
  16. Buwayhid Emirates — 2,078,729 km²
  17. Dorset — 1,872,386 km²
  18. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
  19. Peshemegs — 1,363,675 km²
  20. Kyivan Rus — 1,203,906 km²

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