World map in AD 1034 — territory by country

Frame AD 1034 — world borders from AD 1034 to AD 1039. 129 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Song dynasty (≈ 2.76 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (129, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Song dynasty	≈ 2.76 million km²
2	Ghaznavids	≈ 2.46 million km²
3	Liao dynasty	≈ 1.92 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.84 million km²
5	Fatimid Caliphate	≈ 1.47 million km²
6	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.46 million km²
7	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 1.31 million km²
8	Kievan Rus'	≈ 1.20 million km²
9	Byzantine Empire	≈ 1.18 million km²
10	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 894 thousand km²
11	Seljuk dynasty	≈ 823 thousand km²
12	Western Chalukya Empire	≈ 738 thousand km²
13	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 723 thousand km²
14	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
15	Khmer Empire	≈ 541 thousand km²
16	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
17	Buyid dynasty	≈ 495 thousand km²
18	North Sea Empire	≈ 485 thousand km²
19	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
20	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 415 thousand km²
21	Chola Empire	≈ 376 thousand km²
22	Dali Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
23	Norway	≈ 295 thousand km²
24	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 265 thousand km²
25	Pala Empire	≈ 249 thousand km²
26	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
27	Chauhan dynasty	≈ 243 thousand km²
28	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 232 thousand km²
29	Kamarupa	≈ 230 thousand km²
30	Habbari Emirate	≈ 228 thousand km²
31	Paramara dynasty	≈ 216 thousand km²
32	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
33	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
34	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
35	Chaulukya dynasty	≈ 200 thousand km²
36	Lohara dynasty	≈ 175 thousand km²
37	County of Ribagorza	≈ 172 thousand km²
38	Hammadid dynasty	≈ 165 thousand km²
39	Sweden	≈ 145 thousand km²
40	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
41	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
42	Ngô dynasty	≈ 136 thousand km²
43	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
44	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
45	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
46	Western Xia	≈ 114 thousand km²
47	Kingdom of Poland	≈ 113 thousand km²
48	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
49	Taifa of Badajoz	≈ 107 thousand km²
50	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 105 thousand km²
51	Kashmir	≈ 105 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)	≈ 90 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Georgia	≈ 90 thousand km²
54	Kahuripan	≈ 81 thousand km²
55	Chandelas of Jejakabhukti	≈ 80 thousand km²
56	Taifa of Toledo	≈ 78 thousand km²
57	Pyu city-states	≈ 77 thousand km²
58	Chandra dynasty	≈ 76 thousand km²
59	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
60	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 58 thousand km²
61	Taifa of Dénia	≈ 48 thousand km²
62	Vikings	≈ 47 thousand km²
63	Kingdom of Galicia	≈ 46 thousand km²
64	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 45 thousand km²
65	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
66	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
67	Duchy of Gascony	≈ 40 thousand km²
68	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 39 thousand km²
69	County of Blois	≈ 39 thousand km²
70	Duchy of Normandy	≈ 38 thousand km²
71	Taifa of Zaragoza	≈ 37 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
73	Casablanca	≈ 37 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of France	≈ 33 thousand km²
75	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 29 thousand km²
76	Rouergue	≈ 28 thousand km²
77	Jämtland	≈ 26 thousand km²
78	Muslim Sicily	≈ 22 thousand km²
79	County of Toulouse	≈ 21 thousand km²
80	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
81	Taifa of Almería	≈ 21 thousand km²
82	Taifa of Granada	≈ 21 thousand km²
83	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
84	Celtic Britons	≈ 18 thousand km²
85	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 18 thousand km²
86	County of Flanders	≈ 18 thousand km²
87	Vermandois	≈ 17 thousand km²
88	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
89	County of Nevers	≈ 15 thousand km²
90	Zagwe dynasty	≈ 14 thousand km²
91	Maine (province)	≈ 14 thousand km²
92	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 12 thousand km²
93	Taifa of Valencia	≈ 12 thousand km²
94	Taifa of Seville	≈ 12 thousand km²
95	Taifa of Carmona	≈ 11 thousand km²
96	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
97	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 9,813 km²
98	County of Anjou	≈ 9,760 km²
99	Taifa of Albarracín	≈ 8,724 km²
100	Taifa of Algeciras	≈ 8,680 km²
101	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
102	Taifa of Tortosa	≈ 8,034 km²
103	Republic of Venice	≈ 7,008 km²
104	Qarmatians	≈ 6,700 km²
105	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
106	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
107	Principality of Salerno	≈ 5,232 km²
108	Taifa of Arcos	≈ 4,995 km²
109	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
110	Taifa of Saltés and Huelva	≈ 4,445 km²
111	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,359 km²
112	Republic of Genoa	≈ 4,281 km²
113	Vexin	≈ 4,130 km²
114	Roussillon	≈ 4,128 km²
115	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
116	Taifa of Alpuente	≈ 2,782 km²
117	Chimor	≈ 2,661 km²
118	Republic of Pisa	≈ 2,595 km²
119	Taifa of Santa Maria do Algarve	≈ 2,252 km²
120	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
121	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
122	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
123	Taifa of Niebla	≈ 1,405 km²
124	Taifa of Morón	≈ 1,288 km²
125	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,268 km²
126	Principality of Capua	≈ 960 km²
127	County of Empúries	≈ 928 km²
128	Duchy of Naples	≈ 722 km²
129	Norman conquest of southern Italy	≈ 120 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (3)

Kingdom of Galicia · Norman conquest of southern Italy · Duchy of Naples

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Kingdom of León · Taifa of Murcia · Strathclyde · Duchy of Amalfi

Directions of expansion (2)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Seljuk dynasty → former land of Ghaznavids, ≈ 532 thousand km²
Western Chalukya Empire → former land of Chola Empire, ≈ 136 thousand km²

The world in AD 1034

20 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (11)

AD 1034 — The Empress Dowager returned power to the emperor and guarded the Qingling mausoleum. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷18 重熙3年 5月)
AD 1034 — Weibu, patrol commissioner of the Qingzhou Yuanzhou tribal allies, leads his troops into Xiazhou territory and smashes the newly built fortifications there, including Houjiao. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷039 (1034년 조))
AD 1035 — From Songnyeong on the Northwest Route the walls are built eastward to block the enemy at the border (the beginning of the Great Wall of a thousand li). (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷6 靖宗元年)
AD 1035 — Yuanhao leads his men in person to attack Maoniu fortress; unable to take it in a month, he feigns a desire for peace, has the gate opened, and then slaughters the garrison. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷040 (1035년 조))
AD 1036 — Yuanhao plans to enter, but fears that Jialesilai will attack from behind, so he first attacks the Qiang tribes of Lanzhou, invades south to Mahan mountain, builds a fortress at Wachuanhui and leaves troops to hold it, cutting the route between Tibet and China. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷040 (1036년 조))
AD 1037 — In the twelfth month an earthquake struck Bingzhou, Daizhou and Xinzhou; 32,306 officials and commoners were crushed to death and 5,600 were injured. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷010 景祐四年)
AD 1038 — The garrison troops of the three prefectures of Shao, Yu, and Tan are sent out to subdue only Anhua. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷041 (1038년 조))
AD 1038 — Shan Yu repeatedly tried to stop Yuanhao's entry but was not heeded; fearing harm, he took his wife and children and surrendered to Song, but the prefect of Yanzhou, Guo Quan, sent him back, and Yuanhao's side killed Shan Yu's party by mounted archery. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷041 (1038년 조))
AD 1038 — On the day jiaxu, Zhao Yuanhao builds an altar, receives the investiture, and assumes the imperial title Shiwen Yingwu Xingfa Jianli Renxiao of Great Xia; he changes the era from Daqing 2nd year to Tianshou Lifa Yanzuo 1st year. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷041 (1038년 조))
AD 1039 — Zhao Yuanhao submitted a memorial asking for the imperial title and a new era name. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷010 寶元二年)

Korean Peninsula (1)

AD 1036 — Eastern barbarian pirates raid the Dongjin garrison of Samcheok district, but the commander ambushes them, cuts off more than 40 heads and takes prisoners. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷6 靖宗二年)

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 1035 — Ái Châu rebelled; in the tenth month the emperor campaigned in person and arrived at Ái Châu. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之二「乙亥通瑞二年春二月，天慶殿前芝草」)

Western Europe (5)

AD 1035 — King Cnut died at Shaftesbury and was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester; he had reigned for almost twenty years. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1035 항 (pg657.txt 줄 5249))
AD 1035 — At the council of nobles at Oxford, Leofric and the men north of the Thames chose Harold as regent, and Godwine opposed it to the end. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1035 항 (pg657.txt 줄 5249))
AD 1036 — Alfred, son of Æthelred, came to visit his mother, but was seized by Godwine and tortured, and many of his men were killed. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1036 항 (pg657.txt 줄 5271))
AD 1037 — When Harold became king and abandoned Harthacnut, Emma was driven out and went to Bruges, under the protection of Count Baldwin. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1037 항 (pg657.txt 줄 5334))
AD 1039 — Harthacnut came to Bruges, where his mother was. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1039 항 (pg657.txt 줄 5366))

Eastern Europe & Russia (2)

AD 1037 — Yaroslav builds the fortress of Kyiv and St. Sophia Cathedral. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1037년)
AD 1039 — According to Nestor, Metropolitan Feopempt re-consecrated in 1039 the Church of the Mother of God built by Vladimir. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제2권 II장)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1034 — Kingdom of León ends
◆ AD 1034 — Seljuk dynasty takes 531,800 km² of former Ghaznavids land
◆ AD 1034 — Western Chalukya Empire takes 136,100 km² of former Chola Empire land
◆ AD 1034 — Ghaznavids loses 531,800 km² to Seljuk dynasty
◆ AD 1034 — Chola Empire loses 136,100 km² to Western Chalukya Empire

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