World map in AD 1220 — territory by country

Frame AD 1220 — world borders from AD 1220 to AD 1226. 143 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 8.58 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (143, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol Empire	≈ 8.58 million km²
2	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 2.67 million km²
3	Khwarazmian Empire	≈ 2.34 million km²
4	Song dynasty	≈ 2.06 million km²
5	Tibetans	≈ 1.86 million km²
6	Ayyubid dynasty	≈ 1.82 million km²
7	Kievan Rus'	≈ 1.20 million km²
8	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 973 thousand km²
9	Almohad Caliphate	≈ 886 thousand km²
10	Khmer Empire	≈ 830 thousand km²
11	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 796 thousand km²
12	Jin dynasty (1115–1234)	≈ 784 thousand km²
13	Novgorod Republic	≈ 542 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 457 thousand km²
15	Seuna dynasty	≈ 447 thousand km²
16	Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)	≈ 445 thousand km²
17	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 440 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 362 thousand km²
19	Dali Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
20	Sultanate of Rum	≈ 347 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	≈ 333 thousand km²
22	Kamakura shogunate	≈ 321 thousand km²
23	Norway	≈ 311 thousand km²
24	Kakatiya dynasty	≈ 255 thousand km²
25	Sena dynasty	≈ 254 thousand km²
26	Vladimir-Suzdal	≈ 245 thousand km²
27	Chaulukya dynasty	≈ 235 thousand km²
28	Lohara dynasty	≈ 226 thousand km²
29	Kingdom of England	≈ 213 thousand km²
30	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
31	Sosso Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
32	Kingdom of France	≈ 203 thousand km²
33	Principality of Chernigov	≈ 201 thousand km²
34	Second Bulgarian Empire	≈ 193 thousand km²
35	Kingdom of Georgia	≈ 191 thousand km²
36	Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	≈ 188 thousand km²
37	Paramara dynasty	≈ 179 thousand km²
38	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 168 thousand km²
39	Danish Realm	≈ 164 thousand km²
40	Kashmir	≈ 158 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Castile	≈ 156 thousand km²
42	Eastern Ganga dynasty	≈ 151 thousand km²
43	Sweden	≈ 147 thousand km²
44	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
45	Ngô dynasty	≈ 141 thousand km²
46	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
47	Kingdom of León	≈ 131 thousand km²
48	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
49	Champa	≈ 123 thousand km²
50	Principality of Smolensk	≈ 116 thousand km²
51	Duchy of Sandomierz	≈ 113 thousand km²
52	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
53	Hoysala Kingdom	≈ 111 thousand km²
54	Western Xia	≈ 110 thousand km²
55	Zengid dynasty	≈ 109 thousand km²
56	Principality of Pereyaslavl	≈ 95 thousand km²
57	Chola Empire	≈ 95 thousand km²
58	Empire of Nicaea	≈ 93 thousand km²
59	Latin Empire	≈ 93 thousand km²
60	Kingdom of Sicily	≈ 92 thousand km²
61	Mahdids	≈ 84 thousand km²
62	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 83 thousand km²
63	Chandelas of Jejakabhukti	≈ 80 thousand km²
64	Principality of Kiev	≈ 78 thousand km²
65	Takrur	≈ 74 thousand km²
66	Uyunid dynasty	≈ 74 thousand km²
67	Kingdom of Polonnaruwa	≈ 74 thousand km²
68	Kediri kingdom	≈ 73 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 71 thousand km²
70	Principality of Turov	≈ 69 thousand km²
71	Crown of Aragon	≈ 69 thousand km²
72	Principality of Ryazan	≈ 65 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 64 thousand km²
74	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
75	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	≈ 61 thousand km²
76	Kingdom of Serbia	≈ 61 thousand km²
77	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	≈ 60 thousand km²
78	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 59 thousand km²
79	Haripuñjaya	≈ 55 thousand km²
80	Livonian Brothers of the Sword	≈ 53 thousand km²
81	Pandya dynasty	≈ 52 thousand km²
82	Principality of Minsk	≈ 52 thousand km²
83	Vikings	≈ 47 thousand km²
84	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 43 thousand km²
85	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
86	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
87	Duchy of Masovia	≈ 36 thousand km²
88	Polotsk	≈ 34 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Greater Poland	≈ 34 thousand km²
90	Banate of Bosnia	≈ 29 thousand km²
91	Duchy of Silesia	≈ 29 thousand km²
92	Republic of Pisa	≈ 28 thousand km²
93	Norse settlement of North America	≈ 26 thousand km²
94	County of Champagne	≈ 25 thousand km²
95	County of Poitou	≈ 24 thousand km²
96	Republic of Venice	≈ 22 thousand km²
97	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 21 thousand km²
98	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 20 thousand km²
99	Principality of Drutsk	≈ 20 thousand km²
100	Principality of Achaea	≈ 19 thousand km²
101	Auvergne	≈ 19 thousand km²
102	Kingdom of Thessalonica	≈ 16 thousand km²
103	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
104	Empire of Trebizond	≈ 15 thousand km²
105	Zagwe dynasty	≈ 14 thousand km²
106	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
107	Duchy of Opole	≈ 13 thousand km²
108	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 13 thousand km²
109	County of Nevers	≈ 12 thousand km²
110	County of Périgord	≈ 12 thousand km²
111	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
112	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
113	Kingdom of Navarre	≈ 10 thousand km²
114	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 9,582 km²
115	County of Flanders	≈ 9,231 km²
116	Berga	≈ 9,010 km²
117	Kingdom of Jerusalem	≈ 8,909 km²
118	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 8,739 km²
119	Duchy of Athens	≈ 8,687 km²
120	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
121	County of Blois	≈ 8,000 km²
122	Celtic Britons	≈ 7,801 km²
123	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
124	County of Armagnac	≈ 7,079 km²
125	Chimor	≈ 6,897 km²
126	Kingdom of the Isles	≈ 6,003 km²
127	Republic of Genoa	≈ 5,847 km²
128	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 5,463 km²
129	Principality of Antioch	≈ 5,460 km²
130	County of Urgell	≈ 4,836 km²
131	Byzantine Empire	≈ 4,348 km²
132	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
133	County of Tripoli	≈ 3,177 km²
134	Texcoco	≈ 2,632 km²
135	Shunten dynasty	≈ 2,186 km²
136	Rhodes	≈ 2,169 km²
137	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
138	Duchy of the Archipelago	≈ 1,233 km²
139	County of Toulouse	≈ 1,105 km²
140	Namayan	≈ 874 km²
141	County of Empúries	≈ 833 km²
142	County of Boulogne	≈ 684 km²
143	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania · Champa · County of Toulouse

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Qara Khitai · Yenisei Kyrgyz · Duchy of Kalisz

Directions of expansion (5)

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

Mongol Empire → former land of Qara Khitai, ≈ 1.70 million km²
Hamdanid dynasty → former land of Khwarazmian Empire, ≈ 861 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Khwarazmian Empire, ≈ 824 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Yenisei Kyrgyz, ≈ 380 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Kimak–Kipchak confederation, ≈ 240 thousand km²

The world in AD 1220

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

China (25)

AD 1220 — Song forces and Red Jacket rebels invaded Hebei and several prefectures surrendered; only Cangzhou Circuit Commissioner Wang Fu held out (he later surrendered to Zhang Lin). (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷016 宣宗興定四年7月)
AD 1220 — Mongol King Muhali besieged Dongping with an army. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷016 宣宗興定四年11月)
AD 1220 — Khitan remnant troops enter Pyeongno Garrison. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷22 高宗七年)
AD 1220 — In the eleventh month two hundred thousand Jin troops camped at the Huanglinggang and sent twenty thousand infantry to raid Muhuli at Jinan; Muhuli resisted and won, and pressed up to the Huanglinggang. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권161 十一月 단락161.39.0)
AD 1221 — Mongol troops took Tongguan and Jingzhao; by imperial edict the Secretariat and Chancery were ordered to deliberate on countermeasures. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷016 宣宗興定五年12月)
AD 1221 — The Jin built boats at Tuanfeng but could not cross; they besieged Huangzhou and also attacked the Hanyang Army. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷040 嘉定十四年)
AD 1221 — Prince Tului captured the cities of Marucha-yak, Marv (Merv), and Siras. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷1 太祖 1221年 10月)
AD 1221 — In the second month they built boats at Tuanfeng but could not cross; they besieged Huangzhou, split their forces, broke several counties and attacked Hanyang Jun. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권161 二月 단락161.6.6)
AD 1222 — The army of the Duke of Hejian Yila Zhongjianu and the Duke of Gaoyang Zhang Fu recovered Hejian Prefecture. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷016 宣宗興定六年8月 (元光改元 달))
AD 1222 — Mongol troops swept through Tongzhou; Li Fuheng, Jiedushi of the Dingguo Army, and others killed themselves. (History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals 金史卷016 宣宗興定六年11月)

Korean Peninsula (2)

AD 1222 — 1222: remnants of Han Sun and Daji lead Dongjin troops into Jeongju and raid as far as Uiju; border commander Su-yeon is defeated, and the Inju border commander ambushes them outside the walls and takes over 200 heads (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권15 高宗九年)
AD 1226 — The Japanese raid the coastal districts of Gyeongsang Province; the magistrate of Geoje, Jin Yong-gap, fights them with the navy at Sado and cuts off two heads. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷22 高宗十三年)

Central Asia (5)

AD 1220 — The emperor took the city of Bukhara. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷1 太祖 1220年 3月)
AD 1220 — He took the city of Samarkand and camped on the Yardish River. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷1 太祖 1220年 5月)
AD 1221 — Chinggis Khan sent Jochi, with his brothers Chagatai and Ögedei, to conquer Khwarazm. They besieged it, but because of an incident between Jochi and Chagatai (illegible) it was not taken; the next line reads «خوارزم … بستدند» (finally taken). (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 9504–9508)
AD 1221 — Chinggis Khan's beloved grandson (Mütügen, son of Chagatai) was struck by an arrow shot from the fortress of Bamiyan; Chinggis Khan, deeply grieved, took the fortress. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 10758–10762)
AD 1221 — At Taloqan, on reaching Chinggis Khan, the fortress («قلعه») was being turned over or besieged (the verb «گردانیدند» is uncertain). (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 13222–13224)

West Asia (1)

AD 1225 — The Sultan (Jalal al-Din) appointed someone to hold the fortress of «Giran», entrusted his harem («حرم») to him, and himself went to Tabriz. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 5196–5198)

Eastern Europe & Russia (5)

AD 1220 — Archbishop Mitrofan returns to Novgorod on 17 March. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1220년)
AD 1222 — Prince Vsevolod comes to Novgorod as prince. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1222년)
AD 1224 — Karamzin describes how the Mongol army took 90 cities inside the Great Wall and broke a great Chinese army (an event outside Rus). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제3권 VIII장)
AD 1224 — Mstislav camped on the left bank of the Kalka river, putting in front the Polovtsy of Yarun and the Rus troops of Daniil (Battle of Kalka; Karamzin dates it 1224). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제3권 VIII장)
AD 1224 — Germans kill Prince Vyachko at Yuriev and take the city. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1224년)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1220 — Champa appears
◆ AD 1220 — Grand Duchy of Lithuania appears
◆ AD 1220 — Qara Khitai ends
◆ AD 1220 — Yenisei Kyrgyz ends
◆ AD 1220 — Mongol Empire takes 1,699,600 km² of former Qara Khitai land
◆ AD 1220 — Hamdanid dynasty takes 861,500 km² of former Khwarazmian Empire land
◆ AD 1220 — Mongol Empire takes 824,300 km² of former Khwarazmian Empire land
◆ AD 1220 — Mongol Empire takes 379,600 km² of former Yenisei Kyrgyz land