World map in AD 896 — territory by country

Frame AD 896 — world borders from AD 896 to AD 897. 109 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Abbasid Caliphate (≈ 4.53 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (109, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 4.53 million km²
2	Tang dynasty	≈ 3.12 million km²
3	Saffarid dynasty	≈ 1.97 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Tulunids	≈ 973 thousand km²
7	Kievan Rus'	≈ 954 thousand km²
8	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 785 thousand km²
9	Khazars	≈ 750 thousand km²
10	East Francia	≈ 731 thousand km²
11	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
12	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
13	Byzantine Empire	≈ 633 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
15	Balhae	≈ 483 thousand km²
16	Rustamid dynasty	≈ 470 thousand km²
17	Samanid Empire	≈ 461 thousand km²
18	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
19	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
20	Hungarians	≈ 418 thousand km²
21	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 409 thousand km²
22	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 407 thousand km²
23	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
24	West Francia	≈ 376 thousand km²
25	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 373 thousand km²
26	Pala Empire	≈ 335 thousand km²
27	Nanzhao	≈ 322 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of Khotan	≈ 299 thousand km²
29	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
30	Aghlabid dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
31	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
32	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
33	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
34	Vendel Period	≈ 229 thousand km²
35	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
36	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
37	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
38	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
39	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
40	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
41	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
42	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 129 thousand km²
44	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
45	Unified Silla	≈ 125 thousand km²
46	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
47	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 98 thousand km²
48	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
49	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
50	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
51	Georgia	≈ 87 thousand km²
52	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
53	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
54	Lower Burgundy	≈ 71 thousand km²
55	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
56	Wessex	≈ 59 thousand km²
57	Great Moravia	≈ 57 thousand km²
58	Danelaw	≈ 55 thousand km²
59	Vikings	≈ 48 thousand km²
60	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 46 thousand km²
61	Duchy of Bohemia	≈ 46 thousand km²
62	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
63	Dál Riata	≈ 42 thousand km²
64	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
65	Upper Burgundy	≈ 42 thousand km²
66	Alid dynasties of northern Iran	≈ 41 thousand km²
67	Principality of Serbia	≈ 38 thousand km²
68	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
69	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
70	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
71	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
72	Hubaekje	≈ 25 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
74	Muslim Sicily	≈ 23 thousand km²
75	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
76	County of Ribagorza	≈ 21 thousand km²
77	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 21 thousand km²
78	Celtic Britons	≈ 20 thousand km²
79	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
80	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
81	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
82	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
83	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
84	County of Urgell	≈ 15 thousand km²
85	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
86	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
87	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
88	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
89	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
90	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
91	Chola Empire	≈ 7,000 km²
92	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
93	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
94	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
95	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
96	Roussillon	≈ 4,652 km²
97	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
98	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
99	Seisyllwg	≈ 4,512 km²
100	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,359 km²
101	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,878 km²
102	County of Aragon	≈ 3,585 km²
103	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
104	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
105	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
106	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,311 km²
107	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²
108	Principality of Capua	≈ 384 km²
109	Mercia	≈ 44 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Duchy of Bohemia · Alid dynasties of northern Iran · Galuh Kingdom · Roussillon

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Aquitaine · Kingdom of Italy · Zapotec civilization

Directions of expansion (4)

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

West Francia → former land of Aquitaine, ≈ 199 thousand km²
Abbasid Caliphate → former land of Saffarid dynasty, ≈ 181 thousand km²
East Francia → former land of Kingdom of Italy, ≈ 171 thousand km²
Samanid Empire → former land of Kara-Khanid Khanate, ≈ 104 thousand km²

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