World map in AD 1279 — territory by country

Frame AD 1279 — world borders from AD 1279 to AD 1284. 122 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol Empire (≈ 27.28 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (122, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol Empire	≈ 27.28 million km²
2	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 1.68 million km²
3	Mamluk dynasty (Delhi)	≈ 1.34 million km²
4	Mali Empire	≈ 973 thousand km²
5	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 518 thousand km²
6	Khmer Empire	≈ 516 thousand km²
7	Seuna dynasty	≈ 484 thousand km²
8	Srivijaya	≈ 457 thousand km²
9	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 440 thousand km²
10	Norway	≈ 439 thousand km²
11	Almohad Caliphate	≈ 389 thousand km²
12	Rasulid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
13	Crown of Castile	≈ 354 thousand km²
14	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 349 thousand km²
15	Kamakura shogunate	≈ 321 thousand km²
16	Kakatiya dynasty	≈ 298 thousand km²
17	Sukhothai Kingdom	≈ 272 thousand km²
18	Byzantine Empire	≈ 256 thousand km²
19	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
20	Pandya dynasty	≈ 218 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of England	≈ 215 thousand km²
22	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 209 thousand km²
23	Kingdom of France	≈ 206 thousand km²
24	Eastern Ganga dynasty	≈ 206 thousand km²
25	Sweden	≈ 183 thousand km²
26	Goryeo (Yuan intervention period)	≈ 143 thousand km²
27	Ngô dynasty	≈ 140 thousand km²
28	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
29	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
30	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
31	Champa	≈ 123 thousand km²
32	Teutonic Order	≈ 112 thousand km²
33	Danish Realm	≈ 101 thousand km²
34	Principality of Minsk	≈ 99 thousand km²
35	Second Bulgarian Empire	≈ 96 thousand km²
36	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 92 thousand km²
37	Crown of Aragon	≈ 92 thousand km²
38	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	≈ 91 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 85 thousand km²
40	Mahdids	≈ 84 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 81 thousand km²
42	Chandelas of Jejakabhukti	≈ 81 thousand km²
43	House of Habsburg	≈ 80 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Serbia	≈ 74 thousand km²
45	Al-Ahsa Oasis	≈ 74 thousand km²
46	Singhasari	≈ 73 thousand km²
47	Sri Lanka	≈ 68 thousand km²
48	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
49	Hoysala Kingdom	≈ 57 thousand km²
50	Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth	≈ 55 thousand km²
51	Haripuñjaya	≈ 55 thousand km²
52	Capetian House of Anjou	≈ 50 thousand km²
53	Vikings	≈ 47 thousand km²
54	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia	≈ 44 thousand km²
55	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 43 thousand km²
56	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 41 thousand km²
57	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
58	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
59	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
60	Emirate of Granada	≈ 31 thousand km²
61	Duchy of Masovia	≈ 31 thousand km²
62	Capetian House of Anjou	≈ 31 thousand km²
63	Duchy of Sandomierz	≈ 31 thousand km²
64	County of Flanders	≈ 29 thousand km²
65	House of Ascania	≈ 29 thousand km²
66	Republic of Pisa	≈ 28 thousand km²
67	Grand Duchy of Kraków	≈ 27 thousand km²
68	Duchy of Greater Poland	≈ 26 thousand km²
69	County of Champagne	≈ 25 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 21 thousand km²
71	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 20 thousand km²
72	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 20 thousand km²
73	Auvergne	≈ 19 thousand km²
74	Banate of Bosnia	≈ 19 thousand km²
75	Duchy of Silesia	≈ 19 thousand km²
76	House of Wittelsbach	≈ 18 thousand km²
77	Republic of Venice	≈ 17 thousand km²
78	County of Savoy	≈ 15 thousand km²
79	Empire of Trebizond	≈ 15 thousand km²
80	Republic of Genoa	≈ 15 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 15 thousand km²
82	Thessaly	≈ 14 thousand km²
83	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
84	Kingdom of Majorca	≈ 13 thousand km²
85	Duchy of Opole	≈ 12 thousand km²
86	Landgraviate of Brabant	≈ 12 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
88	Republic of Florence	≈ 10 thousand km²
89	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Navarre	≈ 10 thousand km²
91	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 9,582 km²
92	Dauphiné	≈ 9,291 km²
93	Patriarchate of Aquileia	≈ 9,006 km²
94	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 8,739 km²
95	Samudera Pasai Sultanate	≈ 8,675 km²
96	County of Périgord	≈ 8,593 km²
97	County of Holland	≈ 8,421 km²
98	Duchy of Athens	≈ 8,242 km²
99	County of Blois	≈ 8,090 km²
100	County of Artois	≈ 7,588 km²
101	County of Armagnac	≈ 6,985 km²
102	Chimor	≈ 6,897 km²
103	House of Luxembourg	≈ 5,804 km²
104	Kingdom of Dambadeniya	≈ 5,219 km²
105	County of Foix	≈ 4,586 km²
106	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
107	Duchy of Głogów	≈ 2,954 km²
108	Texcoco	≈ 2,632 km²
109	Duchy of Legnica	≈ 2,368 km²
110	Shunten dynasty	≈ 2,186 km²
111	Kingdom of Jerusalem	≈ 2,114 km²
112	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,109 km²
113	Duchy of the Archipelago	≈ 1,233 km²
114	Duchy of Jawor	≈ 1,099 km²
115	Namayan	≈ 874 km²
116	County of Empúries	≈ 833 km²
117	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
118	Kingdom of Sicily	≈ 548 km²
119	County of Tripoli	≈ 454 km²
120	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
121	Duchy of Styria	≈ 277 km²
122	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (7)

Byzantine Empire · Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth · Grand Duchy of Kraków · County of Urgell · Kingdom of Majorca · Duchy of Legnica · Duchy of Jawor

Countries that disappeared in this frame (6)

Song dynasty · Empire of Nicaea · Makuria · Latin Empire · Principality of Achaea · Tamna

Directions of expansion (2)

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 Song dynasty, ≈ 1.74 million km²
Mamluk Sultanate → former land of Makuria, ≈ 213 thousand km²

The world in AD 1279

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

China (30)

AD 1279 — In the first month, Zhang Hongfan's army reached Yashan; Zhang Shijie linked more than a thousand large ships with iron chains and placed the young ruler in the middle. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷047 二王附)
AD 1279 — Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng attacked from north and south; when the Song fleet collapsed, Zhai Guoxiu and others surrendered, and Lu Xiufu, carrying the young ruler on his back, threw himself into the sea; Empress Dowager Yang also threw herself into the sea. (History of Song (Songshi), Annals 宋史卷047 二王附)
AD 1279 — Zhang Hongfan pursued the two Song princes to Yashan, where Zhang Shijie fled; Prince Guang and his officials drowned at sea, and the gold seal was seized and presented. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷10 世祖 1279年)
AD 1279 — Wang Li, pacification commissioner of Hezhou, offered his city and surrendered. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷10 世祖 1279年)
AD 1279 — 158 officers of Zhang Shijie's Song forces came to surrender at Qiongzhou, Leizhou, and other places. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷10 世祖 1279年)
AD 1279 — Ordered construction of 600 warships in four cities, Yangzhou, Hunan, Ganzhou, and Quanzhou, for the Japan campaign. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷10 世祖 1279年)
AD 1279 — Chipangu is a large island fifteen hundred miles out in the eastern sea, where gold grows without end; the Great Khan sent an army against it. (Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) Book III ch. II (Yule 영역 가운데 DESCRIPTION OF THE ISLAND OF CHIPANGU, AND THE GRE))
AD 1279 — The Great Khan's expedition against Chipangu failed, and the general who fled was executed in 1279. (Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) Book III ch. III (Yule 영역 가운데 WHAT FURTHER CAME OF THE GREAT KAAN’S EXPEDITION A))
AD 1279 — In the fifth month Yashan was broken; the Canzheng Jia Juzhen again urged surrender, but only cursed from the walls, and Fang Wen and others attacked for fifteen days, broke the city and massacred. (Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) 권184 五月 단락184.31.8)
AD 1280 — Left Chancellor Ashu died of illness at Bieshibali while inspecting the western frontier. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷11 世祖 1280年)

Korean Peninsula (2)

AD 1281 — May 1281: Hindu, Hong Da-gu, Kim Bang-gyeong, Bak Gu, Kim Ju-jeong and others set out by sea to attack Japan (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권20 忠烈王七年)
AD 1282 — When the Dongjeong army is defeated, three hundred forty soldiers are sent to guard Happ'o and sixty to guard the royal capital. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷29 忠烈八年)

Japan (1)

AD 1281 — A report from the Japan Branch Secretariat said the great army had stationed at Geoje Island; from Tsushima they captured islanders and heard that defending troops sixty li west of Dazaifu had sallied out. (History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals 元史卷11 世祖 1281年 6月)

Southeast Asia (2)

AD 1282 — Yuan Right Chancellor Sadu, under the pretext of punishing Champa, led 500,000 troops, but reports said his real aim was invasion. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之五「壬午四年春二月，占城遣布婆麻各一」)
AD 1282 — The emperor stayed at Pingtan Jinsha Bay and discussed with the queen and the officials the plans for defense. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之五「壬午四年春二月，占城遣布婆麻各一」)

Eastern Europe & Russia (5)

AD 1279 — At Novgorod's request, Dmitri builds the fortress of Koporye. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1279년)
AD 1280 — The 1280 battle of Leo Danilovich of Galicia against the Poles is described, citing Długosz. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제4권 V장)
AD 1282 — Andrei and the Tatar army take Pereiaslavl. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1282년)
AD 1283 — The Novgorod forces go to Pereiaslavl to strike Dmitri and face him near Dmitrov. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1283년)
AD 1284 — Prince Andrei swears an alliance with the posadnik Semyon and others at Torzhok. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1284년)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1279 — Byzantine Empire appears
◆ AD 1279 — Makuria ends
◆ AD 1279 — Empire of Nicaea ends
◆ AD 1279 — Song dynasty ends
◆ AD 1279 — Mongol Empire takes 1,740,200 km² of former Song dynasty land
◆ AD 1279 — Mamluk Sultanate takes 212,500 km² of former Makuria land
◆ AD 1279 — Song dynasty loses 1,740,200 km² to Mongol Empire
◆ AD 1279 — Makuria loses 212,500 km² to Mamluk Sultanate

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