World map in AD 1085 — territory by country

Frame AD 1085 — world borders from AD 1085 to AD 1093. 137 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Seljuk Empire (≈ 4.14 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (137, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Seljuk Empire	≈ 4.14 million km²
2	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 3.02 million km²
3	Song dynasty	≈ 2.80 million km²
4	Liao dynasty	≈ 1.92 million km²
5	Tibetans	≈ 1.84 million km²
6	Almoravid dynasty	≈ 1.64 million km²
7	Ghaznavids	≈ 1.24 million km²
8	Fatimid Caliphate	≈ 1.23 million km²
9	Kievan Rus'	≈ 1.20 million km²
10	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 917 thousand km²
11	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 895 thousand km²
12	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
13	Western Chalukya Empire	≈ 602 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
15	Byzantine Empire	≈ 514 thousand km²
16	Chola Empire	≈ 507 thousand km²
17	Western Xia	≈ 474 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	≈ 452 thousand km²
19	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 439 thousand km²
20	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
21	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
22	Novgorod Republic	≈ 379 thousand km²
23	Dali Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
24	Norway	≈ 298 thousand km²
25	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 271 thousand km²
26	Principality of Chernigov	≈ 266 thousand km²
27	Sena dynasty	≈ 257 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of Castile	≈ 246 thousand km²
29	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
30	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 239 thousand km²
31	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
32	Lohara dynasty	≈ 222 thousand km²
33	Gahadavala dynasty	≈ 217 thousand km²
34	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
35	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
36	Najahid dynasty	≈ 204 thousand km²
37	Paramara dynasty	≈ 203 thousand km²
38	Kingdom of Poland	≈ 201 thousand km²
39	Chaulukya dynasty	≈ 200 thousand km²
40	Kamarupa	≈ 185 thousand km²
41	Norman Conquest	≈ 183 thousand km²
42	Vladimir-Suzdal	≈ 170 thousand km²
43	Eastern Ganga dynasty	≈ 164 thousand km²
44	Chauhan dynasty	≈ 150 thousand km²
45	Principality of Kiev	≈ 147 thousand km²
46	Sweden	≈ 146 thousand km²
47	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
48	Haripuñjaya	≈ 142 thousand km²
49	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 142 thousand km²
50	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 141 thousand km²
51	Ngô dynasty	≈ 141 thousand km²
52	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
53	Polotsk	≈ 133 thousand km²
54	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
55	Champa	≈ 124 thousand km²
56	Principality of Smolensk	≈ 116 thousand km²
57	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
58	Principality of Pereyaslavl	≈ 95 thousand km²
59	Taifa of Seville	≈ 92 thousand km²
60	Pala Empire	≈ 92 thousand km²
61	Kashmir	≈ 84 thousand km²
62	Danish Realm	≈ 83 thousand km²
63	Principality of Volhynia	≈ 82 thousand km²
64	Norman conquest of southern Italy	≈ 78 thousand km²
65	Takrur	≈ 74 thousand km²
66	Chandelas of Jejakabhukti	≈ 74 thousand km²
67	Kingdom of Polonnaruwa	≈ 74 thousand km²
68	Uyunid dynasty	≈ 73 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)	≈ 70 thousand km²
70	Taifa of Badajoz	≈ 65 thousand km²
71	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 65 thousand km²
72	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 59 thousand km²
74	County of Toulouse	≈ 53 thousand km²
75	Duklja	≈ 50 thousand km²
76	Principality of Peremyshl	≈ 49 thousand km²
77	Vikings	≈ 47 thousand km²
78	Taifa of Toledo	≈ 47 thousand km²
79	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 43 thousand km²
80	Kediri kingdom	≈ 39 thousand km²
81	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
82	Janggala	≈ 34 thousand km²
83	County of Blois	≈ 33 thousand km²
84	Hammadid dynasty	≈ 33 thousand km²
85	Taifa of Zaragoza	≈ 31 thousand km²
86	Zirid dynasty	≈ 30 thousand km²
87	Norse settlement of North America	≈ 26 thousand km²
88	Jämtland	≈ 26 thousand km²
89	Kingdom of France	≈ 22 thousand km²
90	Taifa of Dénia	≈ 21 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Georgia	≈ 20 thousand km²
92	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 20 thousand km²
93	Vermandois	≈ 19 thousand km²
94	Kingdom of Aragon	≈ 19 thousand km²
95	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 18 thousand km²
97	County of Flanders	≈ 18 thousand km²
98	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
99	Zagwe dynasty	≈ 14 thousand km²
100	Republic of Pisa	≈ 14 thousand km²
101	Maine (province)	≈ 14 thousand km²
102	Principality of Terebovlia	≈ 13 thousand km²
103	County of Anjou	≈ 13 thousand km²
104	County of Nevers	≈ 12 thousand km²
105	Kingdom of the Isles	≈ 12 thousand km²
106	Taifa of Valencia	≈ 12 thousand km²
107	Taifa of Almería	≈ 11 thousand km²
108	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
109	Taifa of Tortosa	≈ 10 thousand km²
110	Taifa of Granada	≈ 9,549 km²
111	Taifa of Albarracín	≈ 8,821 km²
112	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 8,272 km²
113	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
114	Celtic Britons	≈ 7,888 km²
115	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
116	Girona	≈ 7,460 km²
117	Republic of Venice	≈ 6,985 km²
118	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
119	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
120	Berga	≈ 4,811 km²
121	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
122	County of Urgell	≈ 4,384 km²
123	Republic of Genoa	≈ 4,188 km²
124	Roussillon	≈ 4,056 km²
125	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
126	Taifa of Algeciras	≈ 3,718 km²
127	Zurayid dynasty	≈ 3,310 km²
128	Pallars Sobirà	≈ 3,039 km²
129	Taifa of Alpuente	≈ 2,782 km²
130	Chimor	≈ 2,661 km²
131	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 2,490 km²
132	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
133	Pallars Jussà	≈ 1,596 km²
134	County of Osona	≈ 1,454 km²
135	Muslim Sicily	≈ 1,288 km²
136	County of Empúries	≈ 833 km²
137	Duchy of Naples	≈ 698 km²

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

New countries in this frame (8)

Gahadavala dynasty · Principality of Terebovlia · Taifa of Valencia · Kingdom of the Isles · Taifa of Tortosa · Taifa of Algeciras · Kingdom of Powys · Zurayid dynasty

Countries that disappeared in this frame (9)

Kara-Khanid Khanate · County of Ribagorza · Shirvan · Taifa of Murcia · Duchy of Benevento · Principality of Salerno · Brycheiniog · Vexin · Taifa of Ceuta

Directions of expansion (3)

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

Seljuk Empire → former land of Byzantine Empire, ≈ 523 thousand km²
Seljuk Empire → former land of Kara-Khanid Khanate, ≈ 383 thousand km²
Najahid dynasty → former land of Ziyadid dynasty, ≈ 123 thousand km²

The world in AD 1085

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

China (7)

AD 1085 — Notice that Song Emperor Shenzong had died and his son Zhao Xu (煦) had succeeded him. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷24 大安1年 4月)
AD 1085 — Emperor Shenzong died and the crown prince ascended the throne as Emperor Zhezong. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷017 元豐八年)
AD 1090 — Xia returned 149 officers and soldiers lost at Yongle; in exchange, it was agreed to return Mizhi, Jialu, Futu and Anjiang four villages and send officials to demarcate the border. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷081 (1090년 조))
AD 1092 — Magusa of the Jobok killed the Jinwu official Togosa and rebelled. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷25 大安8年 10月)
AD 1092 — Jia Di secretly stationed troops at Hongde Cheng to wait for the Xia army to pass; recognizing the banner of his mother Lady Liang, they drummed and leapt out from the city and trampled the enemy, which lost badly. Lady Liang abandoned her tents and goods and barely escaped. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷082 (1092년 조))
AD 1093 — Magusa feigned surrender, then ambushed and killed Yelü Tabuye, Pacification Commissioner of the Northwest Circuit. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷25 大安9年 10月)
AD 1093 — The Yellow River burst from its blockage, flooding south to Dequing, west to Neihuang, filling Dongliang village and spilling north to Kancun, flowing in all directions, collapsing the Dongjun floating bridge and sweeping away hundreds of li of houses and graves. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 續資治通鑑卷082 (1093년 조))

Korean Peninsula (1)

AD 1086 — When Uicheon returns from Song and reaches the Yeseong River, the king and queen mother go to meet him; he presents 1,000 volumes of sutras and, at Heungwangsa, sets up the Gyojang Dogam, collecting and printing 4,000 books from Liao, Song and Japan (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권6 宣宗思孝大王三年)

West Asia (6)

AD 1086 — The emperor sent Tatikios with an army to Nicaea and urged him to fight with prudence. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 6.10 (문장 7))
AD 1086 — Prosouch besieged Nicaea with a great army and held out for three months. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 6.11 (문장 1))
AD 1089 — The Pechenegs passed Kariopolis and went on plundering Aphros. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.7 (문장 10))
AD 1091 — From Nicomedia the emperor summoned five hundred Frankish men of the Count of Flanders, left Constantinople, and reached Ainos. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 8.3 (문장 19))
AD 1092 — The fleet landed and took Kyrenia (in Cyprus) in its first assault, while Rapsomates made preparations. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 9.2 (문장 4))
AD 1093 — The hermit Peter comes to Jerusalem and speaks with the patriarch Simeon: the origin of the appeal for the crusade (William of Tyre, A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea Lib. 1 cap. XV (RHC 판 1-1 줄 5662))

Southern Europe (17)

AD 1085 — His wife Gaita barely reached him at his deathbed, and Robert died. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 6.6 (문장 11))
AD 1086 — Elkanes besieged Apollonias, and after six days and nights took the outer walls. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 6.13 (문장 4))
AD 1086 — The emperor encamped by the river near Blisnos, close to Philippopolis. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 6.14 (문장 21))
AD 1087 — In spring Tzelgu crossed the mountain pass above the Danube and invaded with about 80,000 mixed troops. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.1 (문장 1))
AD 1087 — After fierce fighting, Tzelgu received a mortal wound and died. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.1 (문장 10))
AD 1087 — As the battle line collapsed and the soldiers fled, Protostrator told the emperor not to hold on. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.3 (문장 40))
AD 1087 — Koman defeated the Scythians and barely drove them to the village of Ozolimene. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.5 (문장 6))
AD 1088 — The Scythians took Philippopolis, and the emperor, lacking troops, could not stand against them. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.6 (문장 17))
AD 1088 — The emperor, who was at Bulgarophygon, sent away part of his elite troops. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.7 (문장 2))
AD 1090 — To counter Tzachas, the emperor sent troops by sea to fortify Methymna. (Anna Komnene, The Alexiad Dawes 7.8 (문장 8))

Western Europe (9)

AD 1085 — Rumors spread that Cnut, king of Denmark, would invade with the help of Robert of Flanders; William brought a great army from France and Brittany and fed it throughout England. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1085 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7569))
AD 1086 — At Lammas, William received at Salisbury the oaths of allegiance of all the leading men of England. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1086 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7610))
AD 1086 — At Pentecost William knighted his son Henry at Westminster. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1086 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7610))
AD 1087 — In the twenty-first year of William's reign, diarrhoea and a great famine killed hundreds of people by starvation. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1087 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7636))
AD 1088 — Bishop Odo and others betrayed King William and conspired to make his brother Robert king. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1088 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7789))
AD 1090 — William, to attack his elder brother Robert, took the castle and port of Saint-Valery and Aumale. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1090 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7886))
AD 1091 — William went to Normandy and was reconciled with his elder brother Robert; Robert gave William Pescan and other places. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1091 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7908))
AD 1092 — William rebuilt the northern city of Carlisle, built a castle, drove out Dolfin, and settled farmers there. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1092 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7958))
AD 1093 — When William was seriously ill at Gloucester, he appointed Anselm as archbishop of Canterbury. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 1093 항 (pg657.txt 줄 7965))

Eastern Europe & Russia (2)

AD 1093 — David Igorevich seized Cherven and made a surprise siege of Vladimir (Volhynia); the grand prince's son Mstislav held out. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제2권 VI장)
AD 1093 — Vsevolod dies; Svyatopolk is enthroned in Kyiv; the Polovtsy are defeated at Trepol. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1093년)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1085 — Gahadavala dynasty appears
◆ AD 1085 — County of Ribagorza ends
◆ AD 1085 — Shirvan ends
◆ AD 1085 — Kara-Khanid Khanate ends
◆ AD 1085 — Seljuk Empire takes 523,500 km² of former Byzantine Empire land
◆ AD 1085 — Seljuk Empire takes 382,600 km² of former Kara-Khanid Khanate land
◆ AD 1085 — Najahid dynasty takes 123,500 km² of former Ziyadid dynasty land
◆ AD 1085 — Byzantine Empire loses 523,500 km² to Seljuk Empire