World map in AD 1241 — territory by country

Frame AD 1241 — world borders from AD 1241 to AD 1249. 130 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 20.93 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (130, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol Empire	≈ 20.93 million km²
2	Song dynasty	≈ 1.95 million km²
3	Tibetans	≈ 1.86 million km²
4	Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)	≈ 1.29 million km²
5	Ayyubid dynasty	≈ 1.23 million km²
6	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 1.10 million km²
7	Mali Empire	≈ 973 thousand km²
8	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 859 thousand km²
9	Khmer Empire	≈ 516 thousand km²
10	Srivijaya	≈ 457 thousand km²
11	Seuna dynasty	≈ 447 thousand km²
12	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 440 thousand km²
13	Almohad Caliphate	≈ 405 thousand km²
14	Rasulid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
15	Dali Kingdom	≈ 360 thousand km²
16	Sultanate of Rum	≈ 347 thousand km²
17	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 336 thousand km²
18	Crown of Castile	≈ 324 thousand km²
19	Kamakura shogunate	≈ 321 thousand km²
20	Norway	≈ 311 thousand km²
21	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 287 thousand km²
22	Sukhothai Kingdom	≈ 272 thousand km²
23	Kakatiya dynasty	≈ 255 thousand km²
24	Second Bulgarian Empire	≈ 236 thousand km²
25	Chaulukya dynasty	≈ 235 thousand km²
26	Lohara dynasty	≈ 227 thousand km²
27	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of England	≈ 222 thousand km²
29	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
30	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 168 thousand km²
31	Eastern Ganga dynasty	≈ 151 thousand km²
32	Sweden	≈ 147 thousand km²
33	Kingdom of France	≈ 143 thousand km²
34	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
35	Ngô dynasty	≈ 140 thousand km²
36	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
37	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
38	Pandya dynasty	≈ 124 thousand km²
39	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
40	Champa	≈ 123 thousand km²
41	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
42	Hoysala Kingdom	≈ 111 thousand km²
43	Duchy of Silesia	≈ 111 thousand km²
44	Zengid dynasty	≈ 109 thousand km²
45	Danish Realm	≈ 101 thousand km²
46	Crown of Aragon	≈ 97 thousand km²
47	Teutonic Order	≈ 94 thousand km²
48	Empire of Nicaea	≈ 93 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Sicily	≈ 92 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 86 thousand km²
51	Mahdids	≈ 84 thousand km²
52	Chandelas of Jejakabhukti	≈ 81 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Polonnaruwa	≈ 74 thousand km²
54	Singhasari	≈ 73 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 71 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 65 thousand km²
57	Chola Empire	≈ 64 thousand km²
58	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
59	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	≈ 61 thousand km²
60	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	≈ 60 thousand km²
61	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 56 thousand km²
62	Haripuñjaya	≈ 55 thousand km²
63	Principality of Minsk	≈ 52 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Serbia	≈ 51 thousand km²
65	County of Toulouse	≈ 48 thousand km²
66	Vikings	≈ 47 thousand km²
67	Latin Empire	≈ 47 thousand km²
68	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 43 thousand km²
69	Sri Lanka	≈ 42 thousand km²
70	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
71	Polotsk	≈ 34 thousand km²
72	Emirate of Granada	≈ 31 thousand km²
73	Duchy of Masovia	≈ 29 thousand km²
74	Duchy of Sandomierz	≈ 29 thousand km²
75	Republic of Pisa	≈ 28 thousand km²
76	Norse settlement of North America	≈ 26 thousand km²
77	County of Champagne	≈ 25 thousand km²
78	County of Poitou	≈ 24 thousand km²
79	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 21 thousand km²
80	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 20 thousand km²
81	Republic of Venice	≈ 20 thousand km²
82	Principality of Drutsk	≈ 20 thousand km²
83	Principality of Achaea	≈ 19 thousand km²
84	Auvergne	≈ 19 thousand km²
85	Duchy of Opole	≈ 18 thousand km²
86	Banate of Bosnia	≈ 18 thousand km²
87	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
88	Duchy of Greater Poland	≈ 16 thousand km²
89	Empire of Trebizond	≈ 15 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 15 thousand km²
91	Zagwe dynasty	≈ 14 thousand km²
92	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
93	County of Nevers	≈ 12 thousand km²
94	County of Périgord	≈ 12 thousand km²
95	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
96	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
97	Kingdom of Navarre	≈ 10 thousand km²
98	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 9,582 km²
99	County of Flanders	≈ 9,231 km²
100	Kingdom of Jerusalem	≈ 8,858 km²
101	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 8,739 km²
102	Duchy of Athens	≈ 8,687 km²
103	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
104	County of Blois	≈ 8,000 km²
105	Taifa of Murcia	≈ 7,849 km²
106	Empire of Thessalonica	≈ 7,594 km²
107	County of Artois	≈ 7,566 km²
108	Taifa of Dénia	≈ 7,229 km²
109	County of Armagnac	≈ 7,079 km²
110	Chimor	≈ 6,897 km²
111	Taifa of Valencia	≈ 6,255 km²
112	Kingdom of the Isles	≈ 6,003 km²
113	Republic of Genoa	≈ 5,847 km²
114	Principality of Antioch	≈ 5,460 km²
115	Kingdom of Dambadeniya	≈ 5,219 km²
116	County of Foix	≈ 4,586 km²
117	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
118	County of Tripoli	≈ 3,177 km²
119	Texcoco	≈ 2,632 km²
120	Taifa of Córdoba	≈ 2,541 km²
121	Shunten dynasty	≈ 2,186 km²
122	Rhodes	≈ 2,169 km²
123	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
124	Taifa of Almería	≈ 1,678 km²
125	Taifa of Niebla	≈ 1,356 km²
126	Duchy of the Archipelago	≈ 1,233 km²
127	Namayan	≈ 874 km²
128	County of Empúries	≈ 809 km²
129	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
130	County of Boulogne	≈ 640 km²

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

New countries in this frame (6)

Mamluk Sultanate · Sukhothai Kingdom · Lavo Kingdom · Emirate of Granada · County of Artois · County of Boulogne

Countries that disappeared in this frame (13)

Novgorod Republic · Kievan Rus' · Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia · Principality of Chernigov · Vladimir-Suzdal · Kingdom of Georgia · Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia · Principality of Smolensk · Principality of Kiev · Principality of Pereyaslavl · Principality of Turov · Livonian Brothers of the Sword · Principality of Ryazan

Directions of expansion (7)

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 Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, ≈ 332 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Vladimir-Suzdal, ≈ 250 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Novgorod Republic, ≈ 211 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Principality of Chernigov, ≈ 200 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, ≈ 188 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Principality of Smolensk, ≈ 116 thousand km²
Mongol Empire → former land of Song dynasty, ≈ 103 thousand km²

The world in AD 1241

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

China (13)

AD 1241 — The Song personally campaigned against the stockades of Lenglu, Yong'an and Yongping, and passed through the areas of Qinzhou and Lianzhou. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之五「辛丑十年春二月，選有勇力、諳武藝」)
AD 1241 — Yu Jie, Circuit Commissioner of Huaidong, broke the siege of Anfeng with a naval force. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷042 淳祐元年)
AD 1241 — Ögedei died at a temporary palace; his posthumous title was Emperor Yingwen and his temple name Taizong. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷2 太宗 1241年 11月)
AD 1241 — In the eleventh month the city sent out three thousand to fight but was defeated; Kui drove Buxiao, broke out of the siege and fled, and Hanzhou was finally massacred by the Mongols. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권170 十一月 단락170.41.3)
AD 1242 — Imperial Guard General Trần Khuê Kình guarded the northern border and attacked the Bingshang area. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之五「壬寅十一年春二月，定天下為十二路」)
AD 1242 — In the seventh month the Mongol manhu Zhang Rou crossed the Huai from Wuhekou and attacked Yang, Chu, He and Xiao. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권170 七月 단락170.32.0)
AD 1244 — The Yuan forces besieged Shouchun City, but the city held and did not fall. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷043 淳祐四年)
AD 1246 — In the ninth month Meng Gong gathered about fifteen thousand elite troops from Zhongyuan and stationed them north of the Han River between Fancheng, Xinye, Tang and Deng (Zhenbei Jun), and had them garrison Xiangyang. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권172 九月 단락172.10.1)
AD 1247 — Last winter four hundred Mongols entered the several castles of the northern border and reached Suan district, where they used an otter hunt as a pretext to scout the terrain of mountains and rivers. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷23 高宗三十四年)
AD 1248 — Dingzong Güyük died at Hengshang-Yi'a. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷2 太宗 1248年 3月)

West Asia (6)

AD 1241 — In the thirteenth year of his reign, a son serving wine offered a cup to Ögedei; that night Ögedei fell asleep after excessive drinking and died. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 5919–5921)
AD 1241 — The princes advanced through the whole region of Bashkir, Magyar (Hungary), and Sasan (the passage is damaged and mentions «summer»). (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 6069–6071)
AD 1242 — Dated 640 AH. For a time the throne stood vacant without a ruler; the names Töregene Khatun and Sorqaqtani appear, and «her own son» is mentioned (passage damaged). (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 9615–9617)
AD 1242 — For about three years before Güyük ascended the throne, he was under the commands and prohibitions (amr o nahy) of Töregene Khatun. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 14130–14132)
AD 1243 — The Rum Seljuk sultan was defeated at Köse Dağ by the Mongol army led by Baiju Noyan, and ruled jointly with his brother Rukn al-Din. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 28357–28359)
AD 1246 — When Güyük took the throne, the first thing he did was hold a trial (yarghu) against Fatima Khatun; after beating her, he sewed her up and threw her into the water. (Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) 87460_djvu.txt 줄 14184–14188)

Eastern Europe & Russia (4)

AD 1241 — Alexander takes Koporye and brings Germans to Novgorod. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1241년)
AD 1242 — Alexander drives the Germans and the Chud out of Pskov and marches into the land of the Chud. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1242년)
AD 1245 — Lithuania plunders Torzhok and Bezhitsa and is defeated below Toropets. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1245년)
AD 1246 — Alexander goes to the Tatars. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1246년)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1241 — Lavo Kingdom appears
◆ AD 1241 — Mamluk Sultanate appears
◆ AD 1241 — Sukhothai Kingdom appears
◆ AD 1241 — Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ends
◆ AD 1241 — Kievan Rus' ends
◆ AD 1241 — Kingdom of Georgia ends
◆ AD 1241 — Novgorod Republic ends
◆ AD 1241 — Principality of Chernigov ends