Map of Africa in 1200
For 1200, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 38 names within Africa. The map also draws 13 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Bantou | 8,460,000 |
| Tuareg Nomadic Tribes | 5,780,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,920,000 |
| Khoiasan | 2,490,000 |
| Berber Tribes | 2,440,000 |
| Ayyubid Sultanate | 1,970,000 |
| Almohad Caliphate | 889,000 |
| Ifat | 822,000 |
| Great Seljuk Empire | 654,000 |
| Madagascar | 431,000 |
| Makkura | 352,000 |
| Islamic city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 335,000 |
| Alwa | 307,000 |
| Great Zimbabwe | 214,000 |
| Makuria | 213,000 |
| Kanem | 208,000 |
| Ghana Empire | 205,000 |
| Expansionist Kingdom of Merina | 149,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Takrur | 120,000 |
| Mali | 118,000 |
| Ibadites | 115,000 |
| Hadramaut | 98,800 |
| Ghana | 96,900 |
| Byzantine Empire | 87,700 |
| Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | 54,800 |
| Uyunid Emirate | 45,400 |
| Sultanate of Rum | 34,300 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 20,400 |
| Empire of Kanem | 20,200 |
| Zagwe dynasty | 14,500 |
| Kingdom of Cyprus | 11,500 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Kingdom of Jerusalem | 8,920 |
| Principality of Antioch | 5,460 |
| County of Tripoli | 3,180 |
| Yemen | 238 |
| Cyprus | 45.4 |
What changed since 1100
Now drawn
Tuareg Nomadic Tribes, Berber Tribes, Ayyubid Sultanate, Almohad Caliphate, Ifat, Ibadites, Kingdom of Sicily, Kingdom of Cyprus, County of Tripoli
No longer drawn
Fatimid Caliphate, Almoravid Dynasty, Almoravid dynasty, Najahid Dynasty, Seljuk Empire, Hammadid Dynasty, Zirid dynasty, Norman Italy, County of Edessa, Ziyadid dynasty, Zurayid dynasty, Taifa of Dénia
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1200 Map of Europe · 1200 Map of the Middle East · 1200 Map of South Asia · 1200 Map of East Asia · 1200 Map of Southeast Asia · 1200 Map of Central Asia · 1200 Map of North America · 1200 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1200 Map of South America · 1200 Map of Oceania · 1200
Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.