The world in 800

On 1 July 800, IntMap’s historical map draws 190 names across the world. The borders for this date come from Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. It also draws 100 outlines whose name the record does not give for this date.

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World map on 1 July 800: the borders IntMap’s historical map draws on that date, from Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.
Drawn when the site is built from the same records and the same code the map uses, on 1 July 800, in the Equal Earth projection. The picture is simplified for display only: each outline is reduced to about one pixel at this size, and outlines smaller than a pixel are left out of the picture — the map itself draws every one of them in full. Grey is land on which no record states a polity on this date (today’s coastline, Natural Earth 1:110m).

Why this year has a page

The historical-basemaps atlas drew a world sheet for this year.

Names on the map

As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate. The record column says which record draws the outline; a Wikidata item is given where the record links one.

NameRecordDrawn area (km²)
Antarcticahistorical-basemaps12,200,000
Bantouhistorical-basemaps8,810,000
Abbasid CaliphateCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q125368,590,000
Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps7,600,000
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps5,570,000
West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps5,110,000
Tibetan EmpireCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q24314804,230,000
Arctic marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps4,190,000
Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps3,540,000
Amazon hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps3,200,000
Tang DynastyCliopatria Q96833,100,000
Savanna hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps3,050,000
Uyghur KhaganateCliopatria Q8312183,020,000
Tupishistorical-basemaps2,960,000
Khoiasanhistorical-basemaps2,640,000
Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps2,620,000
Kingdom of the FranksCliopatria Q1462462,560,000
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps2,450,000
Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps2,060,000
Tungushistorical-basemaps2,000,000
Dorsethistorical-basemaps1,890,000
Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps1,830,000
Slavonic tribes (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps1,640,000
Anasazihistorical-basemaps1,550,000
Kimek-Kipchak confederationCliopatria Q24777761,420,000
Carolingian EmpireCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q1462461,340,000
Athabaskanhistorical-basemaps1,210,000
Mogollonhistorical-basemaps1,090,000
Ouighurshistorical-basemaps1,060,000
Permianshistorical-basemaps1,020,000
Malayhistorical-basemaps988,000
Rashtrakuta DynastyCliopatria Q856691914,000
Byzantine EmpireCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q12544823,000
Papouhistorical-basemaps801,000
KhazariaCliopatria Q173282747,000
Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps677,000
Khazarshistorical-basemaps637,000
Gurjara-Pratihara DynastyCliopatria Q5324629,000
Sámihistorical-basemaps624,000
NanzhaoCliopatria Q1045322592,000
Andean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps582,000
Malagasyhistorical-basemaps580,000
Thulehistorical-basemaps568,000
SrivijayaCliopatria Q234197543,000
Pala EmpireCliopatria Q668412485,000
Rajput Clans and Small Stateshistorical-basemaps474,000
Rustamid dynastyCliopatria Q940123470,000
Emirate of CórdobaCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q1337854469,000
Huari Empirehistorical-basemaps465,000
Oghuz TurksCliopatria449,000
All 190 names
NameRecordDrawn area (km²)
Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps436,000
North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peopleshistorical-basemaps434,000
Scandinavian minor kingdomsCliopatria424,000
QarlugsCliopatria407,000
Mayan City-StatesCliopatria Q28567380,000
Makkurahistorical-basemaps374,000
Hindu states (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps373,000
Tiahuanaco Empirehistorical-basemaps356,000
BalhaeCliopatria Q28322332,000
Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps327,000
Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps324,000
Idrisid Caliphatehistorical-basemaps317,000
Kanemhistorical-basemaps314,000
Alwahistorical-basemaps307,000
Turk ShahisCliopatria305,000
Bashkirshistorical-basemaps291,000
Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps259,000
Aghlabid DynastyCliopatria Q207600248,000
Axumhistorical-basemaps243,000
Water ChenlaCliopatria240,000
Avarshistorical-basemaps233,000
Volga Bulgarshistorical-basemaps232,000
Heian JapanCliopatria231,000
Finnshistorical-basemaps223,000
MakuriaCliopatria Q829356213,000
Ghana EmpireCliopatria Q206789205,000
IdrisidsCliopatria Q431575195,000
First Bulgarian EmpireCliopatria Q203817190,000
Land ChenlaCliopatria183,000
Ciboneyhistorical-basemaps183,000
Avar KhaganateCliopatria177,000
Ainuhistorical-basemaps169,000
Yenisei KyrgyzCliopatria167,000
Innuhistorical-basemaps163,000
Gurjara Pratiharahistorical-basemaps157,000
Northmenhistorical-basemaps154,000
Vepshistorical-basemaps154,000
Unified SillaCliopatria Q715257150,000
Palashistorical-basemaps148,000
Baltic tribes (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps146,000
HaripuñjayaCliopatria Q255931143,000
Anglo-Saxon EnglandCliopatria Q784963140,000
Magyarshistorical-basemaps137,000
Mordvinianshistorical-basemaps136,000
minor Hindu & Buddhist states (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps130,000
Lavo KingdomCliopatria Q1332305127,000
AlodiaCliopatria Q449639124,000
Karelianshistorical-basemaps124,000
Tang Empirehistorical-basemaps124,000
Rus' Khaganatehistorical-basemaps123,000
Karkota DynastyCliopatria Q466433123,000
Srivijaya Empirehistorical-basemaps120,000
Pyu City-StatesCliopatria Q1627675117,000
Late Pallava EmpireCliopatria Q466803105,000
Beothukhistorical-basemaps102,000
Kingdom of AxumCliopatria Q13937797,500
Ghanahistorical-basemaps96,900
Kingdom of MerciaCliopatria Q10509296,900
Mon state (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps92,700
Kamarupa KingdomCliopatria Q119476591,400
Nan Chaohistorical-basemaps89,200
Irlandahistorical-basemaps84,300
Kingdom of AsturiasCliopatria Q23139278,700
ChámpaCliopatria Q21678678,300
Pandya DynastyCliopatria Q84491078,100
Chauhanshistorical-basemaps77,400
AnurādhapuraCliopatria Q572474,200
Mataramhistorical-basemaps73,200
KashmirCliopatria Q4310069,500
Toltec Empirehistorical-basemaps64,800
Japanhistorical-basemaps60,900
Mataram KingdomCliopatria Q40258060,200
Dál RiataCliopatria Q11147160,100
Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps59,400
Caloosahatchee cultureurehistorical-basemaps59,100
Marihistorical-basemaps55,700
Pallava state (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps51,900
Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps51,400
Mixtecshistorical-basemaps51,000
Aghlabid Emiratehistorical-basemaps49,500
Czechshistorical-basemaps48,200
Estshistorical-basemaps46,900
Volga BulgariaCliopatria Q18548844,000
Kingdom of NorthumbriaCliopatria Q10729943,800
Duchy of BeneventoCliopatria Q26781642,900
Brythonic KingdomsCliopatria42,500
Barghawata ConferenceCliopatria36,300
Galuh KingdomCliopatria Q551938736,200
Sunda KingdomCliopatria Q146974227,000
Pyu state (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps26,500
Parhaehistorical-basemaps25,700
GeorgiaCliopatria24,400
Principality of SerbiaCliopatria24,300
Breton KingdomsCliopatria24,200
Duchy of CroatiaCliopatria Q257630520,800
Dvaravatihistorical-basemaps20,700
Maya city-states (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps19,400
Classic Veracruz CultureCliopatria Q237941818,600
Guancheshistorical-basemaps17,800
Bulgarshistorical-basemaps17,300
Papal StatesCliopatria · historical-basemaps Q17017416,600
Duchy of GasconyCliopatria Q229593916,200
Viking settlementsCliopatria13,900
BrythonsCliopatria13,200
ObotritesCliopatria Q15610811,700
Cyprus CondominiumCliopatria11,500
StrathclydeCliopatria9,410
Rashtrakuta state (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps8,740
Zapotec CivilizationCliopatria8,580
Swedes and Gothshistorical-basemaps7,480
Emirate of NekorCliopatria Q17093377,120
Arawakshistorical-basemaps6,770
Kingdom of GwyneddCliopatria Q8168146,350
Khmer EmpireCliopatria Q2017055,360
Daneshistorical-basemaps4,890
CornwallCliopatria4,560
Kingdom of PowysCliopatria Q7697824,340
Asturiashistorical-basemaps4,290
Lombard duchieshistorical-basemaps4,230
Republic of VeniceCliopatria Q49482,540
Pandya state (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps2,160
Kingdom of BrycheiniogCliopatria Q9545851,950
Kingdom of MorgannwgCliopatria Q131318071,620
Kingdom of GwentCliopatria Q25946611,260
Scotshistorical-basemaps1,120
Duchy of NaplesCliopatria Q10516001,030
Siliahistorical-basemaps490
Pictshistorical-basemaps485
Merciahistorical-basemaps370
Hainanhistorical-basemaps217
Chen-Lahistorical-basemaps217
Wessexhistorical-basemaps196
Champahistorical-basemaps186
Celtic kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name)historical-basemaps111
Welshhistorical-basemaps99.9
Vallabhihistorical-basemaps86.6
Essexhistorical-basemaps72.6
Kenthistorical-basemaps45.9
Cyprushistorical-basemaps45.4
Britanyhistorical-basemaps37.6

What changed since 700

Names counted are those the records date to the year or the day (CShapes, OpenHistoricalMap, Cliopatria). Outlines filled from the nearest historical-basemaps sheet are counted only when both years are years that sheet was drawn for — otherwise the change would be the switch between two sheets, not a change in the world. Names are compared as written, so a polity a record names differently in the two years (Carthaginian Empire, then Carthage) is in both lists.

Now drawn (104)

Antarctica, Bantou, Abbasid Caliphate, Uyghur Khaganate, Tupis, Dorset, Slavonic tribes, Anasazi, Kimek-Kipchak confederation, Carolingian Empire, Athabaskan, Mogollon, Ouighurs, Permians, Malay, Rashtrakuta Dynasty, Papou, Gurjara-Pratihara Dynasty, Sámi, Nanzhao, Malagasy, Thule, Pala Empire, Rajput Clans and Small States, Rustamid dynasty, Emirate of Córdoba, Oghuz Turks, Qarlugs, Balhae, Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms, Idrisid Caliphate, Kanem, Bashkirs, Aghlabid Dynasty, Water Chenla, Volga Bulgars, Heian Japan, Finns, Ghana Empire, Idrisids, Land Chenla, Ciboney, Innu, Gurjara Pratihara, Northmen, Veps, Baltic tribes, Mordvinians, minor Hindu & Buddhist states, Karelians, Tang Empire, Rus' Khaganate, Srivijaya Empire, Beothuk, Ghana, Mon state, Nan Chao, Irlanda, Kingdom of Asturias, Toltec Empire, Japan, Mataram Kingdom, Mari, Pallava state, Mixtecs, Aghlabid Emirate, Ests, Duchy of Benevento, Barghawata Conference, Pyu state, Parhae, Georgia, Principality of Serbia, Duchy of Croatia, Maya city-states, Guanches, Papal States, Duchy of Gascony, Viking settlements, Obotrites, Rashtrakuta state, Swedes and Goths, Emirate of Nekor, Arawaks, Khmer Empire, Cornwall, Asturias, Lombard duchies, Republic of Venice, Pandya state, Scots, Duchy of Naples, Silia, Picts, Mercia, Chen-La, Wessex, Celtic kingdoms, Welsh, Vallabhi, Essex, Kent, Cyprus, Britany

No longer drawn (95)

Umayyad Caliphate, Saharan Nomadic Tribes, Türgesh, Göktürks, Samoyèdes, Western Gokturk Khaganate, Turks, Chenla, Chalukya Dynasty, Hindu kingdoms, Kushites, Saami, Vazimba, Visigothic Kingdom, Proto-Slavs, Kanauj, Merovingian Empire, Empire of Ghana, Eastern Roman Empire, Maitraka Dynasty, Thai Kingdoms, Ethiopian HIghland Peoples, Kingdom of Sind, Asuka Japan, Kryvichs, Tufan Empire, Aquitaine, Balts, Nan-Zhao, Bega, Karluks, minor states under Indian influence, Khadga Dynasty, Blemmyes, Veracruz civilization, Saxons, Kwarezm, Bavarians, Swedes, Polanes, Dabuyid Dynasty, Severians, Frisia Kingdom, Monte Alb?n, Maitraka Kingdom, Kingdom of Kapisa, Danube Bulgars, Chalukyas, Carantania, Duchy of Thuringia, Teotihuacàn, Moravians, Principality of Iberia, Kingdom of Kashmir, Cheras, Kingdom of Wessex, Pallavas, Kingdom of Lazica, Yamato, Magna Frisia, Nobatia, Moche, Frankish Kingdom, Dumnonia, Kingdom of East Anglia, Maya states, Slavs, Hejaz, Cholas, Teotihuacan, Cuacasian Albania, Huns, Lombard principalities, Goths, Cantia, Lake Vygozero, Mauri, Alans, Georgian Kingdom, Lake Segozerskoye, Armenia, Sasanian dependencies, Warsenis, Vasconia, Broërec, West Getaes, Kingdom of Zunbil, Pandyas, Silla, East Getaes, Frisians, Neustria, Guta, Aures, Mazun

Events dated to 800

The index of dated events holds no event for 800.

Sources 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.

Which years have a page is worked out when the site is built, from three rules applied to the records themselves: every year the historical-basemaps atlas drew a world sheet for; every year whose change from the year before (names the dated records begin or stop drawing) is in the top 5% of all such year-to-year changes since the dated records begin, leaving out the years where one record hands over to another; and every year of a geopolitical, war or revolution event in the dated events index, up to the last year the border records cover (2019).

On each year the map is read on 1 July, the instant the app’s own year links open on. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation. A name is what a record draws there, not a verdict of history.

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