World map in AD 899 — territory by country

Frame AD 899 — world borders from AD 899 to AD 899. 117 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Tang dynasty (≈ 3.12 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (117, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Tang dynasty	≈ 3.12 million km²
2	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 2.45 million km²
3	Saffarid dynasty	≈ 2.12 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Tulunids	≈ 973 thousand km²
7	Kievan Rus'	≈ 954 thousand km²
8	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 786 thousand km²
9	Khazars	≈ 750 thousand km²
10	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
11	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
12	Byzantine Empire	≈ 635 thousand km²
13	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
14	Balhae	≈ 483 thousand km²
15	Rustamid dynasty	≈ 470 thousand km²
16	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
17	East Francia	≈ 435 thousand km²
18	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 427 thousand km²
19	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
20	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 409 thousand km²
21	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 407 thousand km²
22	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
23	West Francia	≈ 376 thousand km²
24	Hungarians	≈ 363 thousand km²
25	Pala Empire	≈ 335 thousand km²
26	Nanzhao	≈ 322 thousand km²
27	Kingdom of Khotan	≈ 298 thousand km²
28	Samanid Empire	≈ 283 thousand km²
29	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
30	Aghlabid dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
31	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
32	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
33	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
34	Vendel Period	≈ 229 thousand km²
35	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
36	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
37	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
38	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
39	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 172 thousand km²
41	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
42	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
43	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 129 thousand km²
45	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
46	Unified Silla	≈ 125 thousand km²
47	Lotharingia	≈ 124 thousand km²
48	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
49	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 98 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
51	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
52	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
53	Georgia	≈ 87 thousand km²
54	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
55	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
56	Lower Burgundy	≈ 71 thousand km²
57	Qarmatians	≈ 65 thousand km²
58	Chola Empire	≈ 63 thousand km²
59	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
60	Wessex	≈ 59 thousand km²
61	Sajid dynasty	≈ 58 thousand km²
62	Danelaw	≈ 55 thousand km²
63	Vikings	≈ 48 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 46 thousand km²
65	Duchy of Bohemia	≈ 46 thousand km²
66	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
67	Dál Riata	≈ 42 thousand km²
68	Upper Burgundy	≈ 42 thousand km²
69	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
70	Alid dynasties of northern Iran	≈ 41 thousand km²
71	Principality of Serbia	≈ 38 thousand km²
72	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
73	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
74	Great Moravia	≈ 30 thousand km²
75	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
76	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
77	Nitra	≈ 27 thousand km²
78	Hubaekje	≈ 25 thousand km²
79	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
80	Muslim Sicily	≈ 23 thousand km²
81	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
82	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 21 thousand km²
83	County of Ribagorza	≈ 21 thousand km²
84	Celtic Britons	≈ 20 thousand km²
85	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
86	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
87	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
88	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
89	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
90	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
91	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
92	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
93	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
94	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
95	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
96	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
97	Girona	≈ 5,761 km²
98	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
99	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
100	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
101	Roussillon	≈ 4,652 km²
102	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
103	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
104	Seisyllwg	≈ 4,512 km²
105	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,359 km²
106	Berga	≈ 4,096 km²
107	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,878 km²
108	County of Aragon	≈ 3,585 km²
109	County of Urgell	≈ 3,260 km²
110	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
111	County of Besalú	≈ 2,264 km²
112	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
113	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
114	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,311 km²
115	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²
116	Principality of Capua	≈ 384 km²
117	Mercia	≈ 44 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Lotharingia · Mercia · Qarmatians

Countries that disappeared in this frame (1)

Duchy of Spoleto

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Abbasid Caliphate → former land of Saffarid dynasty, ≈ 314 thousand km²
Kingdom of Italy → former land of Duchy of Spoleto, ≈ 120 thousand km²

The world in AD 899

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

China (4)

AD 899 — Youzhou troops took Beizhou and killed everyone, young and old alike; the corpses were thrown into the Qingshui until the water could not flow. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷20上光化2年)
AD 899 — Zhang Cunjing set an ambush east of Neihuang and crushed the Yan army, killing or capturing thirty thousand men, and took the general Shan Keji alive. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書卷20上光化2年 3月)
AD 899 — Zhu Quanzhong takes Beizhou, slaughters over ten thousand households, and throws the bodies into the river. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷261)
AD 899 — Ge Congzhou attacks Hedong from Tumen and takes the Chengtian army fort. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷261)

West Asia (2)

AD 899 — Muhammad ibn Zayd fails to take Jurjan and dies (Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings Series III tom.4 (Arg.) [india.history.resource.86990], Annus 287)
AD 899 — Isma'il ibn Ahmad captures Amr ibn al-Layth (Al-Tabari, History of the Prophets and Kings Series III tom.4 (Arg.) [india.history.resource.86990], Annus 287)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 899 — Lotharingia appears
◆ AD 899 — Duchy of Spoleto ends
◆ AD 899 — Abbasid Caliphate takes 314,100 km² of former Saffarid dynasty land
◆ AD 899 — Kingdom of Italy takes 119,600 km² of former Duchy of Spoleto land
◆ AD 899 — Saffarid dynasty loses 314,100 km² to Abbasid Caliphate
◆ AD 899 — Duchy of Spoleto loses 119,600 km² to Kingdom of Italy

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