Territorial change of First Bulgarian Empire

“First Bulgarian Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 682 to 1017. Its territory was largest in AD 850 – 859, at ≈ 428 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 850 – 859 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 926: number 112 of 17.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Byzantine Empire — 59 frames
• Khazars — 51 frames
• Principality of Serbia — 23 frames
• Pannonian Avars — 21 frames
• Hungarians — 19 frames
• Great Moravia — 16 frames
• East Francia — 14 frames
• Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102) — 13 frames
• Principality of Hungary — 12 frames
• Francia — 5 frames
• Kingdom of Hungary — 4 frames
• West Francia — 3 frames
• Principality of Nitra — 2 frames
• Nitra — 2 frames
• Kievan Rus' — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 13 by area.

Wikipedia summary

The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern and southeastern Central Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.

Wikipedia (English) “First Bulgarian Empire”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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