World map in AD 911 — territory by country

Frame AD 911 — world borders from AD 911 to AD 921. 123 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Samanid Empire (≈ 3.10 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (123, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Samanid Empire	≈ 3.10 million km²
2	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 2.82 million km²
3	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
4	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
5	Kievan Rus'	≈ 990 thousand km²
6	Later Liang (Five Dynasties)	≈ 794 thousand km²
7	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 786 thousand km²
8	Khazars	≈ 750 thousand km²
9	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
10	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 644 thousand km²
11	Byzantine Empire	≈ 623 thousand km²
12	Former Shu	≈ 605 thousand km²
13	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
14	West Francia	≈ 491 thousand km²
15	Balhae	≈ 487 thousand km²
16	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
17	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
18	Ma Chu	≈ 417 thousand km²
19	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 409 thousand km²
20	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 408 thousand km²
21	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
22	Fatimid Caliphate	≈ 389 thousand km²
23	Southern Wu	≈ 374 thousand km²
24	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 349 thousand km²
25	Pala Empire	≈ 329 thousand km²
26	Southern Han	≈ 323 thousand km²
27	Kingdom of Germany	≈ 308 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of Khotan	≈ 298 thousand km²
29	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
30	Liao dynasty	≈ 266 thousand km²
31	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
32	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
33	Principality of Hungary	≈ 232 thousand km²
34	Habbari Emirate	≈ 230 thousand km²
35	Vendel Period	≈ 229 thousand km²
36	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
37	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
38	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
39	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
40	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 172 thousand km²
42	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
43	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
44	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
45	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
46	Wuyue	≈ 124 thousand km²
47	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
48	Min	≈ 122 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
50	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
51	Qi (Li Maozhen's state)	≈ 94 thousand km²
52	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
53	Georgia	≈ 86 thousand km²
54	Taebong	≈ 82 thousand km²
55	Pandya dynasty	≈ 78 thousand km²
56	Chandra dynasty	≈ 77 thousand km²
57	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
58	Later Jin (Five Dynasties)	≈ 72 thousand km²
59	Lower Burgundy	≈ 71 thousand km²
60	Qarmatians	≈ 65 thousand km²
61	Chola Empire	≈ 64 thousand km²
62	Yan (Five Dynasties period)	≈ 63 thousand km²
63	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of León	≈ 60 thousand km²
65	Wessex	≈ 58 thousand km²
66	Sajid dynasty	≈ 58 thousand km²
67	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 57 thousand km²
68	Vikings	≈ 56 thousand km²
69	Danelaw	≈ 55 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Galicia	≈ 46 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Brittany	≈ 46 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Bohemia	≈ 46 thousand km²
73	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 42 thousand km²
75	Upper Burgundy	≈ 42 thousand km²
76	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
77	Kingdom of Vaspurakan	≈ 42 thousand km²
78	Unified Silla	≈ 38 thousand km²
79	Principality of Serbia	≈ 37 thousand km²
80	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
81	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
82	Kingdom of Asturias	≈ 29 thousand km²
83	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
84	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
85	Hubaekje	≈ 25 thousand km²
86	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
87	Duchy of Croatia	≈ 22 thousand km²
88	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
89	County of Ribagorza	≈ 21 thousand km²
90	Celtic Britons	≈ 20 thousand km²
91	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
92	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
93	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
94	Northumbria	≈ 16 thousand km²
95	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
96	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
97	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
98	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
99	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
100	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
101	Seisyllwg	≈ 7,871 km²
102	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
103	Kingdom of Gwynedd	≈ 6,364 km²
104	Girona	≈ 5,761 km²
105	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
106	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
107	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
108	Roussillon	≈ 4,652 km²
109	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
110	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
111	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,359 km²
112	Berga	≈ 4,096 km²
113	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
114	County of Aragon	≈ 3,585 km²
115	County of Urgell	≈ 3,260 km²
116	Chimor	≈ 2,661 km²
117	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
118	County of Besalú	≈ 2,264 km²
119	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
120	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
121	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,311 km²
122	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²
123	Mercia	≈ 44 km²

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

New countries in this frame (21)

Fatimid Caliphate · Liao dynasty · Later Liang (Five Dynasties) · Later Jin (Five Dynasties) · Kingdom of Germany · Former Shu · Southern Wu · Kingdom of Italy · Ma Chu · Southern Han · Lower Burgundy · Kingdom of León · Wuyue · Min · Qi (Li Maozhen's state) · Kingdom of Galicia · Taebong · Yan (Five Dynasties period) · Kingdom of Vaspurakan · Kingdom of Powys · Chimor

Countries that disappeared in this frame (12)

Tang dynasty · Tulunids · Nanzhao · East Francia · Rustamid dynasty · Hungarians · Great Moravia · Aghlabid dynasty · Lower Burgundy · Alid dynasties of northern Iran · Nitra · Muslim Sicily

Directions of expansion (3)

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 Tulunids, ≈ 977 thousand km²
Samanid Empire → former land of Abbasid Caliphate, ≈ 602 thousand km²
West Francia → former land of East Francia, ≈ 124 thousand km²

The world in AD 911

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

China (129)

AD 911 — The Liang generals Wang Jingren, Han Qing and Li Si'an fled at night with only a few dozen riders. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷27)
AD 911 — In this battle twenty thousand heads were taken, along with three thousand horses and seventy thousand pieces of armor and weapons. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷27)
AD 911 — Zhang Congchu and Cao Ru, garrison commanders of Liyang, surrendered with three thousand men, and their force was made into the Left and Right Kuangba units. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷27)
AD 911 — On day Yichou, Zhou Dewei started from Linqing, circled through the Bei district, attacked Bozhou and took Dongwu and Chaocheng. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷27)
AD 911 — He personally campaigned against the Western Xi, pacified the Eastern Xi too, and took all the lands of the Xi and the Xi peoples. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 太祖5年 1月)
AD 911 — He stayed on the Luan River, carved his achievements on a stone, and again attacked the area of Jizhou. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷1 太祖5年 3月)
AD 911 — Wang Jingren was defeated by Jin forces at Baixiang. (New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals 新五代史卷02 乾化1年1月)
AD 911 — Jin defeated Liang at Baixiang, beheading 20,000 and capturing 300 officers. (New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals 新五代史卷05 天祐8年1月)
AD 911 — At Baixiang the Liang army camps to east (Weizhou, Huazhou) and west (Songzhou, Bianzhou), but without food until sunset its morale falls. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷267 제129단(TOC 이후 비공백 줄))
AD 911 — The Jin prince reaches Weizhou and attacks it, but does not win. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷267 제133단(TOC 이후 비공백 줄))

Korean Peninsula (16)

AD 912 — At the outer gate of Bongseongsa, magpies built nests in twenty-one bays, an omen that continued. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二孝恭王)
AD 916 — Gyeon Hwon attacked the fortresses of Daeya and Gusa but could not win. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷12 神德王 5年)
AD 918 — Hwan Seon-gil, general of the horse guard, is executed when his rebellion is discovered (court revolt right after the accession). (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷1 太祖元年)
AD 918 — When Ungju, Unju and over ten other provinces and districts join Later Baekje, Kim Haengdo is made Commander of the Southeastern Route and military governor of Aju. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷1 太祖元年)
AD 918 — Wang Geon accedes at Jeongjeon Hall, naming the state Goryeo and the era Cheonsu (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권1 太祖神聖大王元年)
AD 918 — The people under Gung Ye turned their hearts and raised Taejo (Wang Geon); Gung Ye fled and was killed. (Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) 卷12 景明王 2年)
AD 918 — In the sixth month Gung Ye died and Taejo ascended the throne at Cheorwon-gyeong. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 王曆)
AD 918 — The dogs in the painting on the wall of Sacheonwangsa barked; the next year the shadow of the Hwangnyongsa tower stood upside down and the strings of the five-direction bows snapped, a series of prodigies. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二景明王)
AD 918 — When public feeling in Cheorwon-gyeong turned and Taejo was raised to the throne, Gyeon Hwon sent envoys to congratulate him, offering a peacock fan and arrow bamboo from Mount Jiri. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二後百濟甄萱)
AD 919 — Cheongju wavers between the two sides; Taejo goes in person to console the people and has a wall built. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷1 太祖二年)

West Asia (1)

AD 911 — To secure peace with Greece, Oleg sent envoys to Tsargrad (Constantinople), who concluded a treaty with the empire. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 V장)

Western Europe (8)

AD 912 — When Ealdorman Æthelred died, King Edward took London, Oxford, and the lands belonging to them. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 912 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3351))
AD 912 — Æthelflæd, noble lady of Mercia, built fortresses at Scergeat and Bridgnorth. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 912 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3351))
AD 913 — King Edward built a northern fortress at Hertford, and then fortified Maldon and Witham in Essex. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 913 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3358))
AD 916 — Æthelflæd sent an army to Wales, took Brecknock, and captured thirty-four people, including the queen. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 916 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3377))
AD 919 — King Edward led an army and took Bedford; the townspeople submitted, and he stayed four weeks and repaired the south. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 919 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3435))
AD 920 — King Edward repaired and fortified Maldon. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 920 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3446))
AD 920 — By God's help, Æthelflæd took Leicester without loss. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 920 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3446)) Tradition
AD 921 — King Edward had Towcester rebuilt; in summer the armies of Northampton and Leicester came and attacked all day long. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 921 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3464))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 911 — Fatimid Caliphate appears
◆ AD 911 — Former Shu appears
◆ AD 911 — Kingdom of Germany appears
◆ AD 911 — Kingdom of Italy appears
◆ AD 911 — Kingdom of León appears
◆ AD 911 — Later Jin (Five Dynasties) appears
◆ AD 911 — Later Liang (Five Dynasties) appears
◆ AD 911 — Liao dynasty appears