World map in AD 1279 — territory by country

Frame AD 1279 — world borders from AD 1279 to AD 1284. 122 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 27.28 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (122, largest first)

RankCountryArea
1Mongol Empire≈ 27.28 million km²
2Mamluk Sultanate≈ 1.68 million km²
3Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)≈ 1.34 million km²
4Mali Empire≈ 973 thousand km²
5Holy Roman Empire≈ 518 thousand km²
6Khmer Empire≈ 516 thousand km²
7Seuna dynasty≈ 484 thousand km²
8Srivijaya≈ 457 thousand km²
9Pagan Kingdom≈ 440 thousand km²
10Norway≈ 439 thousand km²
11Almohad Caliphate≈ 389 thousand km²
12Rasulid dynasty≈ 378 thousand km²
13Crown of Castile≈ 354 thousand km²
14Kingdom of Hungary≈ 349 thousand km²
15Kamakura shogunate≈ 321 thousand km²
16Kakatiya dynasty≈ 298 thousand km²
17Sukhothai Kingdom≈ 272 thousand km²
18Byzantine Empire≈ 256 thousand km²
19Hafsid dynasty≈ 224 thousand km²
20Pandya dynasty≈ 218 thousand km²
21Kingdom of England≈ 215 thousand km²
22Ethiopian Empire≈ 209 thousand km²
23Kingdom of France≈ 206 thousand km²
24Eastern Ganga dynasty≈ 206 thousand km²
25Sweden≈ 183 thousand km²
26Goryeo (Yuan intervention period)≈ 143 thousand km²
27Ngô dynasty≈ 140 thousand km²
28Maya civilization≈ 135 thousand km²
29Zayyanid dynasty≈ 126 thousand km²
30Alodia≈ 124 thousand km²
31Champa≈ 123 thousand km²
32Teutonic Order≈ 112 thousand km²
33Danish Realm≈ 101 thousand km²
34Principality of Minsk≈ 99 thousand km²
35Second Bulgarian Empire≈ 96 thousand km²
36Kingdom of Portugal≈ 92 thousand km²
37Crown of Aragon≈ 92 thousand km²
38Grand Duchy of Lithuania≈ 91 thousand km²
39Kingdom of Alba≈ 85 thousand km²
40Mahdids≈ 84 thousand km²
41Kingdom of Bohemia≈ 81 thousand km²
42Chandelas of Jejakabhukti≈ 81 thousand km²
43House of Habsburg≈ 80 thousand km²
44Kingdom of Serbia≈ 74 thousand km²
45Al-Ahsa Oasis≈ 74 thousand km²
46Singhasari≈ 73 thousand km²
47Sri Lanka≈ 68 thousand km²
48Sunda Kingdom≈ 62 thousand km²
49Hoysala Kingdom≈ 57 thousand km²
50Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth≈ 55 thousand km²
51Haripuñjaya≈ 55 thousand km²
52Capetian House of Anjou≈ 50 thousand km²
53Vikings≈ 47 thousand km²
54Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia≈ 44 thousand km²
55Lavo Kingdom≈ 43 thousand km²
56Margraviate of Brandenburg≈ 41 thousand km²
57Papal States≈ 39 thousand km²
58Duchy of Brittany≈ 37 thousand km²
59Duchy of Bavaria≈ 35 thousand km²
60Emirate of Granada≈ 31 thousand km²
61Duchy of Masovia≈ 31 thousand km²
62Capetian House of Anjou≈ 31 thousand km²
63Duchy of Sandomierz≈ 31 thousand km²
64County of Flanders≈ 29 thousand km²
65House of Ascania≈ 29 thousand km²
66Republic of Pisa≈ 28 thousand km²
67Grand Duchy of Kraków≈ 27 thousand km²
68Duchy of Greater Poland≈ 26 thousand km²
69County of Champagne≈ 25 thousand km²
70Kingdom of Arles≈ 21 thousand km²
71Despotate of Epirus≈ 20 thousand km²
72Kanem–Bornu Empire≈ 20 thousand km²
73Auvergne≈ 19 thousand km²
74Banate of Bosnia≈ 19 thousand km²
75Duchy of Silesia≈ 19 thousand km²
76House of Wittelsbach≈ 18 thousand km²
77Republic of Venice≈ 17 thousand km²
78County of Savoy≈ 15 thousand km²
79Empire of Trebizond≈ 15 thousand km²
80Republic of Genoa≈ 15 thousand km²
81Kingdom of Gwynedd≈ 15 thousand km²
82Thessaly≈ 14 thousand km²
83Kedah Sultanate≈ 13 thousand km²
84Kingdom of Majorca≈ 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
92Dauphiné≈ 9,291 km²
93Patriarchate of Aquileia≈ 9,006 km²
94Ancestral Puebloans≈ 8,739 km²
95Samudera Pasai Sultanate≈ 8,675 km²
96County of Périgord≈ 8,593 km²
97County of Holland≈ 8,421 km²
98Duchy of Athens≈ 8,242 km²
99County of Blois≈ 8,090 km²
100County of Artois≈ 7,588 km²
101County of Armagnac≈ 6,985 km²
102Chimor≈ 6,897 km²
103House of Luxembourg≈ 5,804 km²
104Kingdom of Dambadeniya≈ 5,219 km²
105County of Foix≈ 4,586 km²
106Judicate of Arborea≈ 3,855 km²
107Duchy of Głogów≈ 2,954 km²
108Texcoco≈ 2,632 km²
109Duchy of Legnica≈ 2,368 km²
110Shunten dynasty≈ 2,186 km²
111Kingdom of Jerusalem≈ 2,114 km²
112Comtat Venaissin≈ 2,109 km²
113Duchy of the Archipelago≈ 1,233 km²
114Duchy of Jawor≈ 1,099 km²
115Namayan≈ 874 km²
116County of Empúries≈ 833 km²
117Kathmandu≈ 661 km²
118Kingdom of Sicily≈ 548 km²
119County of Tripoli≈ 454 km²
120County of Urgell≈ 380 km²
121Duchy of Styria≈ 277 km²
122Principality of Orange≈ 141 km²

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

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

New countries in this frame (7)

Byzantine Empire · Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth · Grand Duchy of Kraków · County of Urgell · Kingdom of Majorca · Duchy of Legnica · Duchy of Jawor

Countries that disappeared in this frame (6)

Song dynasty · Empire of Nicaea · Makuria · Latin Empire · Principality of Achaea · Tamna

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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