World Map in 800 CE: Empires & Borders

118 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 800 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 800 CE

1. Abbasid Caliphate — 8,388,512 km²
2. Tibetan Empire — 4,471,429 km²
3. Tang Empire — 3,218,023 km²
4. Carolingian Empire — 1,193,524 km²
5. Byzantine Empire — 829,410 km²
6. Idrisid Caliphate — 575,764 km²
7. Srivijaya Empire — 532,379 km²
8. Huari Empire — 462,696 km²
9. Tiahuanaco Empire — 354,852 km²
10. Toltec Empire — 64,596 km²
11. Sinhalese kingdoms — 61,697 km²
12. Celtic kingdoms — 28,150 km²

Other states and peoples in 800 CE

1. Antarctica — 12,296,097 km²
2. Bantu peoples — 8,841,025 km²
3. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
4. Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers — 5,728,278 km²
5. West African cereal farmers — 5,093,333 km²
6. Arctic marine mammal hunters — 4,165,050 km²
7. Uyghurs — 3,795,697 km²
8. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers — 3,546,346 km²
9. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 3,201,853 km²
10. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 3,037,344 km²
11. Tupis — 2,951,689 km²
12. Plain bison hunters — 2,624,015 km²
13. Khoisan — 2,579,113 km²
14. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 2,458,475 km²
15. Tungus — 2,082,732 km²
16. Slavonic tribes — 2,077,434 km²
17. Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers — 1,930,850 km²
18. Dorset — 1,872,386 km²
19. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
20. Anasazi — 1,609,369 km²

New since 700 CE

• Bantu peoples
• Abbasid Caliphate
• Tibetan Empire
• Tang Empire
• Tupis
• Slavonic tribes
• Dorset
• Anasazi
• Athabaskan
• Carolingian Empire
• Mogollon
• Permians

Gone since 700 CE

• Saharan Nomadic Tribes
• Sui Empire
• Göktürks
• Sasanian Empire
• Tufan Empire
• Western Gokturk Khaganate
• Umayyad Caliphate
• Eastern Roman Empire
• Samoyèdes
• Hindu kingdoms
• Kushites
• Saami

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