Map of Central Asia in 1000

For 1000, 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: 25 names within Central Asia. The map also draws 2 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.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Kimek-Kipchak confederation1,450,000
Kimek-Kipchak khaganate1,120,000
Kara-Khanids919,000
Ghaznavid Empire834,000
Qocho Kingdom438,000
Oghuz Turks414,000
Kingdom of Khotan297,000
Seljuk Dynasty292,000
Peshemegs264,000
Volga Bulgars253,000
Tibetans244,000
Buyid Dynasty161,000
Utpala Dynasty144,000
Hamdanid Emirates82,600
Khazars66,200
Shirvan44,800
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)44,700
Volga Bulgaria36,800
Tibet28,400
Buwayhid Emirates15,600
Kashmir12,600
Bagratid Armenia8,030
Alans7,640
Arran624
Xixia525

What changed since 900

Now drawn

Kimek-Kipchak khaganate, Ghaznavid Empire, Seljuk Dynasty, Peshemegs, Buyid Dynasty, Utpala Dynasty, Hamdanid Emirates, Tibet, Buwayhid Emirates, Alans, Arran, Xixia

No longer drawn

Samanid Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, Ouighurs, Khazaria, Karluks, Zaydi Alid dynasties, Sajid Dynasty, Georgia

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1000 Map of Europe · 1000 Map of the Middle East · 1000 Map of Africa · 1000 Map of South Asia · 1000 Map of East Asia · 1000 Map of Southeast Asia · 1000 Map of North America · 1000 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1000 Map of South America · 1000 Map of Oceania · 1000

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 46°E–90°E, 35°N–56°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.

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