Map of Africa in 1279
For 1279, 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: 54 names within Africa. The map also draws 7 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 | 8,450,000 |
| Touareg | 4,280,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,190,000 |
| Khoiasan | 2,490,000 |
| Mamluk Sultanate | 1,680,000 |
| Mali Empire | 977,000 |
| Mongol Empire | 939,000 |
| Mali | 798,000 |
| Madagascar | 431,000 |
| Rasulid Dynasty | 376,000 |
| Bornu-Kanem | 368,000 |
| Hafsid Caliphate | 351,000 |
| Islamic city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 335,000 |
| Hafsid Dynasty | 226,000 |
| Great Zimbabwe | 214,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 210,000 |
| Mamluke Sultanate | 197,000 |
| Ethiopia | 187,000 |
| Makkura | 180,000 |
| Ilkhanate | 175,000 |
| Alwa | 164,000 |
| Expansionist Kingdom of Merina | 149,000 |
| Zayyanid dynasty | 126,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Benin | 108,000 |
| Shoa | 48,700 |
| Bahrani Dynasty | 45,500 |
| Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | 43,700 |
| Crown of Castile | 43,300 |
| Emirate of Granada | 31,400 |
| Byzantine Empire | 28,600 |
| Hadramaut | 28,500 |
| Sicily | 22,500 |
| Empire of Kanem | 20,200 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 13,700 |
| Kingdom of Cyprus | 11,500 |
| House of Anjou-Sicily | 11,200 |
| Abdelouadides | 9,560 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Republic of Venice | 7,240 |
| Seljuk Caliphate | 5,010 |
| Venice | 3,500 |
| Granada | 2,210 |
| Kingdom of Jerusalem | 2,110 |
| Aragón | 1,310 |
| Merinides | 1,270 |
| Duchy of the Archipelago | 1,210 |
| Castile | 915 |
| Duchy of Athens | 594 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 565 |
| County of Tripoli | 455 |
| Yemen | 238 |
| Portugal | 156 |
| Cyprus | 45.4 |
What changed since 1200
Now drawn
Touareg, Mamluk Sultanate, Mali Empire, Mongol Empire, Rasulid Dynasty, Bornu-Kanem, Hafsid Caliphate, Hafsid Dynasty, Ethiopian Empire, Mamluke Sultanate, Ethiopia, Ilkhanate, Zayyanid dynasty, Benin, Shoa, Bahrani Dynasty, Crown of Castile, Emirate of Granada, Sicily, Kingdom of Portugal, House of Anjou-Sicily, Abdelouadides, Republic of Venice, Seljuk Caliphate, Venice, Granada, Aragón, Merinides, Duchy of the Archipelago, Castile, Duchy of Athens, Portugal
No longer drawn
Tuareg Nomadic Tribes, Berber Tribes, Ayyubid Sultanate, Almohad Caliphate, Ifat, Great Seljuk Empire, Makuria, Kanem, Ghana Empire, Takrur, Ibadites, Ghana, Uyunid Emirate, Sultanate of Rum, Zagwe dynasty, Principality of Antioch
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1279 Map of Europe · 1279 Map of the Middle East · 1279 Map of South Asia · 1279 Map of East Asia · 1279 Map of Southeast Asia · 1279 Map of Central Asia · 1279 Map of North America · 1279 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1279 Map of South America · 1279 Map of Oceania · 1279
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.