World map in AD 1250 — territory by country

Frame AD 1250 — world borders from AD 1250 to AD 1259. 118 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 23.97 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (118, largest first)

RankCountryArea
1Mongol Empire≈ 23.97 million km²
2Song dynasty≈ 1.94 million km²
3Mamluk Sultanate≈ 1.52 million km²
4Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)≈ 1.34 million km²
5Mali Empire≈ 973 thousand km²
6Holy Roman Empire≈ 859 thousand km²
7Khmer Empire≈ 516 thousand km²
8Srivijaya≈ 457 thousand km²
9Seuna dynasty≈ 447 thousand km²
10Pagan Kingdom≈ 440 thousand km²
11Marinid dynasty≈ 389 thousand km²
12Rasulid dynasty≈ 378 thousand km²
13Dali Kingdom≈ 360 thousand km²
14Crown of Castile≈ 354 thousand km²
15Kingdom of Hungary≈ 349 thousand km²
16Kamakura shogunate≈ 321 thousand km²
17Norway≈ 311 thousand km²
18Sukhothai Kingdom≈ 272 thousand km²
19Kakatiya dynasty≈ 255 thousand km²
20Empire of Nicaea≈ 236 thousand km²
21Lohara dynasty≈ 227 thousand km²
22Kingdom of England≈ 226 thousand km²
23Hafsid dynasty≈ 224 thousand km²
24Pandya dynasty≈ 220 thousand km²
25Makuria≈ 213 thousand km²
26Sultanate of Rum≈ 192 thousand km²
27Kingdom of France≈ 191 thousand km²
28Sweden≈ 183 thousand km²
29Abbasid Caliphate≈ 168 thousand km²
30Grand Duchy of Lithuania≈ 166 thousand km²
31Eastern Ganga dynasty≈ 151 thousand km²
32Goryeo≈ 143 thousand km²
33Ngô dynasty≈ 140 thousand km²
34Maya civilization≈ 135 thousand km²
35Zayyanid dynasty≈ 126 thousand km²
36Alodia≈ 124 thousand km²
37Champa≈ 123 thousand km²
38Duchy of Sandomierz≈ 113 thousand km²
39Icelandic Commonwealth≈ 112 thousand km²
40Zengid dynasty≈ 109 thousand km²
41Crown of Aragon≈ 103 thousand km²
42Danish Realm≈ 101 thousand km²
43Second Bulgarian Empire≈ 100 thousand km²
44Teutonic Order≈ 96 thousand km²
45Kingdom of Portugal≈ 92 thousand km²
46Kingdom of Sicily≈ 92 thousand km²
47Mahdids≈ 84 thousand km²
48Chandelas of Jejakabhukti≈ 81 thousand km²
49Hamdanid dynasty≈ 74 thousand km²
50Singhasari≈ 73 thousand km²
51Kingdom of Serbia≈ 73 thousand km²
52Hoysala Kingdom≈ 71 thousand km²
53Kingdom of Bohemia≈ 71 thousand km²
54Kingdom of Alba≈ 65 thousand km²
55Sunda Kingdom≈ 62 thousand km²
56Despotate of Epirus≈ 61 thousand km²
57Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia≈ 59 thousand km²
58Haripuñjaya≈ 55 thousand km²
59Vikings≈ 47 thousand km²
60Lavo Kingdom≈ 43 thousand km²
61Sri Lanka≈ 42 thousand km²
62Duchy of Brittany≈ 37 thousand km²
63Duchy of Greater Poland≈ 34 thousand km²
64Emirate of Granada≈ 31 thousand km²
65Duchy of Masovia≈ 31 thousand km²
66Republic of Pisa≈ 28 thousand km²
67Kingdom of Polonnaruwa≈ 27 thousand km²
68Norse settlement of North America≈ 26 thousand km²
69County of Champagne≈ 25 thousand km²
70Capetian House of Anjou≈ 23 thousand km²
71Kingdom of Arles≈ 21 thousand km²
72Kanem–Bornu Empire≈ 20 thousand km²
73Republic of Venice≈ 20 thousand km²
74Banate of Bosnia≈ 19 thousand km²
75Principality of Achaea≈ 19 thousand km²
76Auvergne≈ 19 thousand km²
77Papal States≈ 16 thousand km²
78Duchy of Głogów≈ 16 thousand km²
79Empire of Trebizond≈ 15 thousand km²
80Kingdom of Gwynedd≈ 15 thousand km²
81Zagwe dynasty≈ 14 thousand km²
82Kedah Sultanate≈ 13 thousand km²
83Duchy of Opole≈ 13 thousand km²
84Duchy of Silesia≈ 13 thousand km²
85County of Nevers≈ 13 thousand km²
86County of Périgord≈ 12 thousand km²
87Kingdom of Cyprus≈ 11 thousand km²
88Touraine≈ 10 thousand km²
89Kingdom of Navarre≈ 10 thousand km²
90Duchy of Aquitaine≈ 9,582 km²
91County of Flanders≈ 9,231 km²
92Kingdom of Jerusalem≈ 8,858 km²
93Ancestral Puebloans≈ 8,739 km²
94Duchy of Athens≈ 8,687 km²
95Judicate of Logudoro≈ 8,247 km²
96County of Blois≈ 8,090 km²
97Chola Empire≈ 7,865 km²
98County of Artois≈ 7,566 km²
99Republic of Genoa≈ 7,154 km²
100County of Armagnac≈ 7,079 km²
101Chimor≈ 6,897 km²
102Kingdom of the Isles≈ 6,003 km²
103Principality of Antioch≈ 5,460 km²
104Kingdom of Dambadeniya≈ 5,219 km²
105County of Foix≈ 4,586 km²
106Judicate of Arborea≈ 3,855 km²
107County of Tripoli≈ 3,177 km²
108Latin Empire≈ 2,997 km²
109Texcoco≈ 2,632 km²
110Shunten dynasty≈ 2,186 km²
111Tibetans≈ 2,004 km²
112Tamna≈ 1,959 km²
113Duchy of the Archipelago≈ 1,233 km²
114Almohad Caliphate≈ 1,199 km²
115Namayan≈ 874 km²
116County of Empúries≈ 809 km²
117Kathmandu≈ 661 km²
118County of Boulogne≈ 640 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

Mongol EmpireSong dynastyMamluk SultanateMamluk dynasty (Delhi)Mali EmpireHoly Roman EmpireKhmer EmpireSrivijayaSeuna dynastyPagan Kingdom

New countries in this frame (3)

Marinid dynasty · Capetian House of Anjou · Duchy of Głogów

Countries that disappeared in this frame (15)

Ayyubid dynasty · Chaulukya dynasty · Polotsk · Principality of Minsk · Taifa of Murcia · Taifa of Valencia · County of Toulouse · Taifa of Dénia · County of Poitou · Empire of Thessalonica · Taifa of Almería · Principality of Drutsk · Taifa of Córdoba · Rhodes · Taifa of Niebla

Directions of expansion (4)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

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