Historical world map · 800

World map in 800

A medieval reconstruction of kingdoms, empires, and overlapping regional authority. This sourced reconstruction contains 225 mapped geometries. 122 have source labels representing 117 distinct names; 103 have no usable source label.

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Mapped geometries: 225
Labeled geometries: 122
Distinct labels: 117
Data source: Historical Basemaps borders

Historical world map reconstruction showing mapped regions in 800 — Static map preview for 800
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Named in the source

States, realms, and regions mapped in 800

Usable source labels can mix states, empires, dependencies, cultural regions, and other mapped entities. Wording follows the dataset rather than forcing every shape into a modern-country category.

Distinct named labels: 117
Unlabeled geometries: 103

Abbasid Caliphate
Aghlabid Emirate
Ainu
Alwa
Amazon hunter-gatherers
Anasazi
Andean hunter-gatherers
Arawaks
Arctic marine mammal hunters
Asturias
Athabaskan
Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
Avars
Axum
Baltic tribes
Bantou
Bashkirs
Beothuk
Britany
Bulgars
Byzantine Empire
Caloosahatchee cultureure
Caribbean hunter-gatherers
Carolingian Empire
Celtic kingdoms
Champa
Chauhans
Chen-La
Ciboney
Cyprus
Czechs
Danes
Desert hunter-gatherers
Dorset
Dvaravati
Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers
Emirate of Córdoba
Essex
Ests
Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers
Finns
Ghana
Guanches
Gurjara Pratihara
Hainan
Hindu states
Huari Empire
Idrisid Caliphate

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Innu
Irlanda
Japan
Kanem
Karelians
Kent
Khazars
Khoiasan
Lombard duchies
Magyars
Makkura
Malagasy
Malay
Mari
Mataram
Maya city-states
Mercia
Mesoamerican city-states and chiefdoms
minor Hindu & Buddhist states
Mixtecs
Mogollon
Mon state
Mordvinians
Nan Chao
North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples
Northmen
Nothumbria
Ouighurs
Palas
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers
Pallava state
Pampas cultures
Pandya state
Papal States
Papou
Parhae
Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters
Permians
Picts
Plain bison hunters
Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers
Pyu state
Rajput Clans and Small States
Rashtrakuta state
Rus' Khaganate
Sámi
Savanna hunter-gatherers
Scots
Shellfish gatherers
Silia
Sinhalese kingdoms
Slavonic tribes
Srivijaya Empire
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers
Swedes and Goths
Tang Empire
Tasmanian hunter-gatherers
Thule
Tiahuanaco Empire
Tibetan Empire
Toltec Empire
Tungus
Tupis
Vallabhi
Veps
Volga Bulgars
Welsh
Wessex
West African cereal farmers

Precision in the source

Not every border deserves the same confidence

Precision is inherited from the dataset when available. It describes how the line was encoded, not the overall certainty of every historical claim inside the polygon.

Approximate border: 225

These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.

Source, license, and download

Historical boundary snapshots for countries and cultural regions, used through 2010. Coverage: 53 available snapshots from prehistory through 2010

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Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.

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