Territorial change of Kanem–Bornu Empire (Bornu Empire)

“Kanem–Bornu Empire”(Bornu Empire) — appears in this map’s data from AD 1385 to 1894. Its territory was largest in AD 1579 – 1635, at ≈ 339 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 1385 – 1481	≈ 14 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486	≈ 67 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1578	≈ 201 thousand km²
AD 1579 – 1635	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 1636 – 1804	≈ 339 thousand km²
AD 1805 – 1808	≈ 338 thousand km²
AD 1809 – 1810	≈ 227 thousand km²
AD 1811 – 1833	≈ 228 thousand km²
AD 1834 – 1847	≈ 227 thousand km²
AD 1848 – 1884	≈ 227 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1889	≈ 228 thousand km²
AD 1890 – 1894	≈ 228 thousand km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1579 – 1635 (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.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 1385	≈ 14 thousand km²	111 of 154
AD 1392	≈ 14 thousand km²	111 of 154
AD 1395	≈ 14 thousand km²	104 of 149
AD 1402	≈ 14 thousand km²	103 of 141
AD 1407	≈ 14 thousand km²	102 of 141
AD 1415	≈ 14 thousand km²	101 of 136
AD 1422	≈ 14 thousand km²	99 of 132
AD 1429	≈ 14 thousand km²	101 of 130
AD 1431	≈ 14 thousand km²	101 of 130
AD 1440	≈ 14 thousand km²	104 of 129
AD 1450	≈ 14 thousand km²	104 of 127
AD 1453	≈ 14 thousand km²	106 of 130
AD 1459	≈ 14 thousand km²	108 of 132
AD 1463	≈ 14 thousand km²	106 of 132
AD 1468	≈ 14 thousand km²	108 of 140
AD 1475	≈ 14 thousand km²	106 of 137
AD 1482	≈ 67 thousand km²	68 of 131
AD 1487	≈ 201 thousand km²	38 of 129
AD 1492	≈ 201 thousand km²	38 of 129
AD 1497	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 130
AD 1502	≈ 201 thousand km²	40 of 129
AD 1507	≈ 201 thousand km²	42 of 125
AD 1512	≈ 201 thousand km²	42 of 124
AD 1516	≈ 201 thousand km²	41 of 123
AD 1519	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 123
AD 1521	≈ 201 thousand km²	37 of 119
AD 1526	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 121
AD 1529	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 124
AD 1534	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 125
AD 1540	≈ 201 thousand km²	37 of 122
AD 1547	≈ 201 thousand km²	40 of 121
AD 1552	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 119
AD 1556	≈ 201 thousand km²	40 of 117
AD 1564	≈ 201 thousand km²	39 of 116
AD 1572	≈ 201 thousand km²	38 of 110
AD 1579	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 101
AD 1582	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 99
AD 1588	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 100
AD 1595	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 99
AD 1600	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 97
AD 1602	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 98
AD 1609	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 100
AD 1612	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 105
AD 1619	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 107
AD 1622	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 107
AD 1626	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 109
AD 1629	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 109
AD 1632	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 109
AD 1636	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 110
AD 1640	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 114
AD 1642	≈ 339 thousand km²	29 of 115
AD 1645	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 115
AD 1648	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 117
AD 1653	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 115
AD 1659	≈ 339 thousand km²	29 of 114
AD 1662	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 116
AD 1670	≈ 339 thousand km²	29 of 117
AD 1673	≈ 339 thousand km²	30 of 117
AD 1677	≈ 339 thousand km²	30 of 116
AD 1683	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 117
AD 1687	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 113
AD 1691	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 111
AD 1696	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 108
AD 1700	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 107
AD 1702	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 109
AD 1706	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 114
AD 1709	≈ 339 thousand km²	24 of 120
AD 1713	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 123
AD 1718	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 124
AD 1721	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 125
AD 1727	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 128
AD 1734	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 132
AD 1738	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 125
AD 1741	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 125
AD 1744	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 129
AD 1748	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 132
AD 1752	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 132
AD 1757	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 132
AD 1762	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 131
AD 1763	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 132
AD 1769	≈ 339 thousand km²	24 of 128
AD 1772	≈ 339 thousand km²	24 of 127
AD 1775	≈ 339 thousand km²	24 of 132
AD 1776	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 132
AD 1778	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 131
AD 1780	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 131
AD 1781	≈ 339 thousand km²	25 of 131
AD 1783	≈ 339 thousand km²	26 of 130
AD 1788	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 129
AD 1791	≈ 339 thousand km²	30 of 128
AD 1792	≈ 339 thousand km²	29 of 130
AD 1794	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 125
AD 1796	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 124
AD 1797	≈ 339 thousand km²	27 of 125
AD 1799	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 124
AD 1800	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 123
AD 1803	≈ 339 thousand km²	28 of 123
AD 1805	≈ 338 thousand km²	28 of 125
AD 1806	≈ 338 thousand km²	29 of 138
AD 1807	≈ 338 thousand km²	28 of 132
AD 1809	≈ 227 thousand km²	36 of 131
AD 1811	≈ 228 thousand km²	40 of 131
AD 1812	≈ 228 thousand km²	41 of 133
AD 1814	≈ 228 thousand km²	44 of 142
AD 1815	≈ 228 thousand km²	42 of 139
AD 1820	≈ 228 thousand km²	39 of 148
AD 1822	≈ 228 thousand km²	44 of 147
AD 1824	≈ 228 thousand km²	45 of 148
AD 1825	≈ 228 thousand km²	47 of 150
AD 1828	≈ 228 thousand km²	47 of 144
AD 1830	≈ 228 thousand km²	47 of 143
AD 1834	≈ 227 thousand km²	49 of 143
AD 1836	≈ 227 thousand km²	51 of 145
AD 1840	≈ 227 thousand km²	52 of 155
AD 1842	≈ 227 thousand km²	52 of 156
AD 1846	≈ 227 thousand km²	47 of 152
AD 1848	≈ 227 thousand km²	47 of 147
AD 1849	≈ 227 thousand km²	48 of 144
AD 1853	≈ 227 thousand km²	47 of 144
AD 1856	≈ 227 thousand km²	49 of 149
AD 1857	≈ 227 thousand km²	49 of 150
AD 1859	≈ 227 thousand km²	49 of 146
AD 1860	≈ 227 thousand km²	50 of 142
AD 1861	≈ 227 thousand km²	51 of 140
AD 1862	≈ 227 thousand km²	51 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 227 thousand km²	51 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 227 thousand km²	49 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 227 thousand km²	48 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 227 thousand km²	47 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 227 thousand km²	46 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 227 thousand km²	46 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 227 thousand km²	46 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 227 thousand km²	43 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 227 thousand km²	41 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 227 thousand km²	41 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 227 thousand km²	42 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 228 thousand km²	43 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 228 thousand km²	46 of 99

Its highest rank was in AD 1709: number 120 of 24.

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).

Wadai Sultanate — 90 frames
Sokoto Caliphate — 41 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 1 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1809	lost	Sokoto Caliphate	≈ 104 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kanem Empire

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kanem–Bornu Empire was an empire based around Lake Chad that once ruled areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, and Chad.

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

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