“Mongol Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1206 to 1293. Its territory was largest in AD 1279 – 1284, at ≈ 27.28 million km².
| Period | Area |
|---|---|
| AD 1206 – 1209 | ≈ 2.46 million km² |
| AD 1210 – 1215 | ≈ 2.82 million km² |
| AD 1216 – 1219 | ≈ 4.12 million km² |
| AD 1220 – 1226 | ≈ 8.58 million km² |
| AD 1227 – 1235 | ≈ 14.12 million km² |
| AD 1236 – 1240 | ≈ 18.81 million km² |
| AD 1241 – 1249 | ≈ 20.93 million km² |
| AD 1250 – 1259 | ≈ 23.97 million km² |
| AD 1260 – 1271 | ≈ 25.66 million km² |
| AD 1272 – 1278 | ≈ 25.55 million km² |
| AD 1279 – 1284 | ≈ 27.28 million km² |
| AD 1285 – 1293 | ≈ 27.07 million km² |
Outline of the territory in AD 1279 – 1284 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.
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 1206 | ≈ 2.46 million km² | 3 of 149 |
| AD 1210 | ≈ 2.82 million km² | 2 of 146 |
| AD 1216 | ≈ 4.12 million km² | 1 of 143 |
| AD 1220 | ≈ 8.58 million km² | 1 of 143 |
| AD 1227 | ≈ 14.12 million km² | 1 of 139 |
| AD 1236 | ≈ 18.81 million km² | 1 of 137 |
| AD 1241 | ≈ 20.93 million km² | 1 of 130 |
| AD 1250 | ≈ 23.97 million km² | 1 of 118 |
| AD 1260 | ≈ 25.66 million km² | 1 of 123 |
| AD 1270 | ≈ 25.66 million km² | 1 of 123 |
| AD 1272 | ≈ 25.55 million km² | 1 of 121 |
| AD 1279 | ≈ 27.28 million km² | 1 of 122 |
| AD 1285 | ≈ 27.07 million km² | 1 of 128 |
Its highest rank was in AD 1279: number 122 of 1.
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).
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 30 by area (of 44 in total).
| Frame | Other country | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AD 1250 | gained | Tibetans | ≈ 1.87 million km² |
| AD 1279 | gained | Song dynasty | ≈ 1.74 million km² |
| AD 1220 | gained | Qara Khitai | ≈ 1.70 million km² |
| AD 1227 | gained | Kimak–Kipchak confederation | ≈ 1.46 million km² |
| AD 1236 | gained | Khwarazmian Empire | ≈ 1.32 million km² |
| AD 1236 | gained | Kimak–Kipchak confederation | ≈ 1.21 million km² |
| AD 1250 | gained | Hamdanid dynasty | ≈ 1.03 million km² |
| AD 1227 | gained | Khwarazmian Empire | ≈ 1.02 million km² |
| AD 1220 | gained | Khwarazmian Empire | ≈ 824 thousand km² |
| AD 1236 | gained | Jin dynasty (1115–1234) | ≈ 786 thousand km² |
| AD 1216 | gained | Jin dynasty (1115–1234) | ≈ 730 thousand km² |
| AD 1220 | gained | Yenisei Kyrgyz | ≈ 380 thousand km² |
| AD 1216 | gained | Western Xia | ≈ 363 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Dali Kingdom | ≈ 361 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | ≈ 332 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Vladimir-Suzdal | ≈ 250 thousand km² |
| AD 1220 | gained | Kimak–Kipchak confederation | ≈ 240 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Lohara dynasty | ≈ 227 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Song dynasty | ≈ 214 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Novgorod Republic | ≈ 211 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Principality of Chernigov | ≈ 200 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Sultanate of Rum | ≈ 192 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | ≈ 188 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Abbasid Caliphate | ≈ 168 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Mamluk Sultanate | ≈ 164 thousand km² |
| AD 1236 | gained | Kashmir | ≈ 157 thousand km² |
| AD 1250 | gained | Sultanate of Rum | ≈ 154 thousand km² |
| AD 1241 | gained | Principality of Smolensk | ≈ 116 thousand km² |
| AD 1227 | gained | Western Xia | ≈ 110 thousand km² |
| AD 1260 | gained | Zengid dynasty | ≈ 109 thousand km² |
Preceded by: Jin dynasty · Qara Khitai · Western Xia · Anushtegin dynasty · Nizari Ismaili state
Succeeded by: Ming dynasty
Source: Wikidata (CC0)
The Mongol Empire was the largest contiguous empire in history.
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