World map in AD 870 — territory by country

Frame AD 870 — world borders from AD 870 to AD 874. 94 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Abbasid Caliphate (≈ 7.26 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (94, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 7.26 million km²
2	Tang dynasty	≈ 3.12 million km²
3	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
4	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
5	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 808 thousand km²
6	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 785 thousand km²
7	Khazars	≈ 749 thousand km²
8	West Francia	≈ 709 thousand km²
9	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
10	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
11	Byzantine Empire	≈ 625 thousand km²
12	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
13	East Francia	≈ 513 thousand km²
14	Balhae	≈ 483 thousand km²
15	Rustamid dynasty	≈ 470 thousand km²
16	Khmer Empire	≈ 450 thousand km²
17	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 448 thousand km²
18	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 425 thousand km²
19	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
20	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 411 thousand km²
21	Hungarians	≈ 399 thousand km²
22	Saffarid dynasty	≈ 389 thousand km²
23	Pala Empire	≈ 335 thousand km²
24	Nanzhao	≈ 322 thousand km²
25	Aghlabid dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
26	Norway	≈ 247 thousand km²
27	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
28	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
29	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
30	Vendel Period	≈ 228 thousand km²
31	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
32	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
33	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
34	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
35	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
36	Great Moravia	≈ 157 thousand km²
37	Unified Silla	≈ 150 thousand km²
38	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
39	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
40	Turk Shahis	≈ 137 thousand km²
41	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 124 thousand km²
43	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
44	Vikings	≈ 120 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
46	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
47	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
48	Champa	≈ 78 thousand km²
49	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
50	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
51	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
52	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 47 thousand km²
54	Alid dynasties of northern Iran	≈ 46 thousand km²
55	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
56	Dál Riata	≈ 42 thousand km²
57	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
58	Principality of Serbia	≈ 38 thousand km²
59	Mercia	≈ 38 thousand km²
60	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
61	Wessex	≈ 36 thousand km²
62	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
63	Celtic Britons	≈ 25 thousand km²
64	Georgia	≈ 24 thousand km²
65	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 24 thousand km²
66	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 24 thousand km²
67	Muslim Sicily	≈ 22 thousand km²
68	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 21 thousand km²
70	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
71	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
72	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
73	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
74	County of Ribagorza	≈ 15 thousand km²
75	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
76	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
77	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 11 thousand km²
78	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
79	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
80	Zapotec civilization	≈ 8,550 km²
81	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
82	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
83	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
84	County of Urgell	≈ 5,354 km²
85	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
86	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
87	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,878 km²
88	County of Aragon	≈ 3,490 km²
89	Chola Empire	≈ 3,058 km²
90	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,571 km²
91	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
92	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
93	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,355 km²
94	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²

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

New countries in this frame (1)

County of Urgell

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Lower Burgundy · Kingdom of East Anglia

Directions of expansion (1)

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

Saffarid dynasty → former land of Abbasid Caliphate, ≈ 174 thousand km²

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