Map of the Middle East 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: 30 names within the Middle East. The map also draws 4 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) |
|---|---|
| Mongol Empire | 3,260,000 |
| Mamluk Sultanate | 1,560,000 |
| Rasulid Dynasty | 380,000 |
| Hadramaut | 188,000 |
| Ilkhanate | 182,000 |
| Makkura | 180,000 |
| Byzantine Empire | 174,000 |
| Alwa | 150,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 114,000 |
| Mahdids | 84,700 |
| Bahrani Dynasty | 74,300 |
| Mamluke Sultanate | 45,600 |
| Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | 43,700 |
| Muscat | 36,000 |
| Ethiopia | 18,900 |
| Empire of Trebizond | 13,500 |
| Kingdom of Cyprus | 11,500 |
| Seljuk Caliphate | 7,180 |
| Republic of Venice | 3,390 |
| Khanate of the Golden Horde | 3,030 |
| Kingdom of Jerusalem | 2,110 |
| Republic of Genoa | 1,370 |
| Venice | 1,080 |
| Trebizond | 1,010 |
| County of Tripoli | 455 |
| Duchy of the Archipelago | 323 |
| Yemen | 238 |
| Georgia | 77.3 |
| Cyprus | 45.4 |
What changed since 1200
Now drawn
Mongol Empire, Mamluk Sultanate, Rasulid Dynasty, Ilkhanate, Ethiopian Empire, Bahrani Dynasty, Mamluke Sultanate, Ethiopia, Empire of Trebizond, Seljuk Caliphate, Republic of Venice, Khanate of the Golden Horde, Republic of Genoa, Venice, Trebizond, Duchy of the Archipelago
No longer drawn
Ayyubid Sultanate, Ghurid Dynasty, Great Seljuk Empire, Tuareg Nomadic Tribes, Khwarezmid Dynasty, Ifat, Sultanate of Rum, Makuria, Kingdom of Georgia, Uyunid Emirate, Shirvan, Kimek-Kipchak confederation, Kara-Khitans, Zagwe dynasty, Principality of Antioch, Cuman Khanates, Kara Khitai Khaganate, Armenia
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1279 Map of Europe · 1279 Map of Africa · 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 25°E–63°E, 12°N–42°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.