World map in AD 1272 — territory by country

Frame AD 1272 — world borders from AD 1272 to AD 1278. 121 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 25.55 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (121, largest first)

RankCountryArea
1Mongol Empire≈ 25.55 million km²
2Song dynasty≈ 1.73 million km²
3Mamluk Sultanate≈ 1.47 million km²
4Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)≈ 1.34 million km²
5Mali Empire≈ 973 thousand km²
6Holy Roman Empire≈ 528 thousand km²
7Khmer Empire≈ 516 thousand km²
8Seuna dynasty≈ 484 thousand km²
9Srivijaya≈ 457 thousand km²
10Pagan Kingdom≈ 440 thousand km²
11Norway≈ 439 thousand km²
12Almohad Caliphate≈ 389 thousand km²
13Rasulid dynasty≈ 378 thousand km²
14Crown of Castile≈ 354 thousand km²
15Kingdom of Hungary≈ 349 thousand km²
16Kamakura shogunate≈ 321 thousand km²
17Kakatiya dynasty≈ 298 thousand km²
18Sukhothai Kingdom≈ 272 thousand km²
19Empire of Nicaea≈ 241 thousand km²
20Hafsid dynasty≈ 224 thousand km²
21Pandya dynasty≈ 218 thousand km²
22Kingdom of England≈ 215 thousand km²
23Makuria≈ 213 thousand km²
24Ethiopian Empire≈ 209 thousand km²
25Eastern Ganga dynasty≈ 206 thousand km²
26Kingdom of France≈ 206 thousand km²
27Sweden≈ 183 thousand km²
28Kingdom of Bohemia≈ 151 thousand km²
29Goryeo (Yuan intervention period)≈ 143 thousand km²
30Ngô dynasty≈ 140 thousand km²
31Maya civilization≈ 135 thousand km²
32Zayyanid dynasty≈ 126 thousand km²
33Alodia≈ 124 thousand km²
34Champa≈ 123 thousand km²
35Duchy of Sandomierz≈ 113 thousand km²
36Teutonic Order≈ 112 thousand km²
37Crown of Aragon≈ 105 thousand km²
38Danish Realm≈ 101 thousand km²
39Second Bulgarian Empire≈ 100 thousand km²
40Principality of Minsk≈ 99 thousand km²
41Kingdom of Portugal≈ 92 thousand km²
42Kingdom of Sicily≈ 92 thousand km²
43Grand Duchy of Lithuania≈ 91 thousand km²
44Kingdom of Alba≈ 85 thousand km²
45Mahdids≈ 84 thousand km²
46Chandelas of Jejakabhukti≈ 81 thousand km²
47Kingdom of Serbia≈ 74 thousand km²
48Al-Ahsa Oasis≈ 74 thousand km²
49Singhasari≈ 73 thousand km²
50Sri Lanka≈ 68 thousand km²
51Sunda Kingdom≈ 62 thousand km²
52Hoysala Kingdom≈ 57 thousand km²
53Haripuñjaya≈ 55 thousand km²
54Capetian House of Anjou≈ 50 thousand km²
55Vikings≈ 47 thousand km²
56Despotate of Epirus≈ 47 thousand km²
57Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia≈ 44 thousand km²
58Lavo Kingdom≈ 43 thousand km²
59Margraviate of Brandenburg≈ 41 thousand km²
60Duchy of Brittany≈ 37 thousand km²
61Duchy of Bavaria≈ 36 thousand km²
62Duchy of Masovia≈ 31 thousand km²
63Emirate of Granada≈ 31 thousand km²
64County of Flanders≈ 29 thousand km²
65House of Ascania≈ 29 thousand km²
66Papal States≈ 28 thousand km²
67Republic of Pisa≈ 28 thousand km²
68Duchy of Greater Poland≈ 26 thousand km²
69County of Champagne≈ 25 thousand km²
70Kingdom of Arles≈ 21 thousand km²
71Kanem–Bornu Empire≈ 20 thousand km²
72Republic of Venice≈ 20 thousand km²
73Auvergne≈ 19 thousand km²
74Banate of Bosnia≈ 19 thousand km²
75House of Wittelsbach≈ 18 thousand km²
76County of Savoy≈ 15 thousand km²
77Empire of Trebizond≈ 15 thousand km²
78Principality of Achaea≈ 15 thousand km²
79Republic of Genoa≈ 15 thousand km²
80Kingdom of Gwynedd≈ 15 thousand km²
81Thessaly≈ 14 thousand km²
82Kedah Sultanate≈ 13 thousand km²
83Duchy of Silesia≈ 13 thousand km²
84Duchy of Głogów≈ 13 thousand km²
85Duchy of Opole≈ 12 thousand km²
86Landgraviate of Brabant≈ 12 thousand km²
87Kingdom of Cyprus≈ 11 thousand km²
88Republic of Florence≈ 10 thousand km²
89Touraine≈ 10 thousand km²
90Kingdom of Navarre≈ 10 thousand km²
91Duchy of Aquitaine≈ 9,582 km²
92House of Habsburg≈ 9,369 km²
93Dauphiné≈ 9,291 km²
94Patriarchate of Aquileia≈ 9,006 km²
95Ancestral Puebloans≈ 8,739 km²
96Samudera Pasai Sultanate≈ 8,675 km²
97County of Périgord≈ 8,593 km²
98County of Holland≈ 8,421 km²
99Duchy of Athens≈ 8,193 km²
100County of Blois≈ 8,090 km²
101County of Artois≈ 7,588 km²
102County of Armagnac≈ 6,961 km²
103Chimor≈ 6,897 km²
104House of Luxembourg≈ 5,804 km²
105Kingdom of Dambadeniya≈ 5,219 km²
106County of Foix≈ 4,586 km²
107Judicate of Arborea≈ 3,855 km²
108Latin Empire≈ 2,997 km²
109Texcoco≈ 2,632 km²
110Shunten dynasty≈ 2,186 km²
111Kingdom of Jerusalem≈ 2,114 km²
112Comtat Venaissin≈ 2,109 km²
113Tamna≈ 1,959 km²
114Duchy of the Archipelago≈ 1,233 km²
115Namayan≈ 874 km²
116County of Empúries≈ 809 km²
117Kathmandu≈ 661 km²
118County of Tripoli≈ 454 km²
119Duchy of Styria≈ 277 km²
120Capetian House of Anjou≈ 243 km²
121Principality of Orange≈ 141 km²

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

Mongol EmpireSong dynastyMamluk SultanateMamluk dynasty (Delhi)Mali EmpireHoly Roman EmpireKhmer EmpireSeuna dynastySrivijayaPagan KingdomNorway

New countries in this frame (5)

Ethiopian Empire · Capetian House of Anjou · Thessaly · Samudera Pasai Sultanate · Comtat Venaissin

Countries that disappeared in this frame (7)

Icelandic Commonwealth · Hohenstaufen · Norse settlement of North America · Principality of Antioch · County of Nevers · Zagwe dynasty · Kingdom of the Isles

Directions of expansion (2)

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

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