World map in AD 936 — territory by country

Frame AD 936 — world borders from AD 936 to AD 946. 116 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Samanid Empire (≈ 3.06 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (116, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Samanid Empire	≈ 3.06 million km²
2	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 2.11 million km²
3	Liao dynasty	≈ 1.92 million km²
4	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Kievan Rus'	≈ 990 thousand km²
7	Later Jin (Five Dynasties)	≈ 790 thousand km²
8	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 786 thousand km²
9	Khazars	≈ 750 thousand km²
10	Byzantine Empire	≈ 721 thousand km²
11	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
12	Later Shu	≈ 606 thousand km²
13	Fatimid Caliphate	≈ 583 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
15	Kingdom of Germany	≈ 476 thousand km²
16	Buyid dynasty	≈ 471 thousand km²
17	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
18	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
19	Ma Chu	≈ 417 thousand km²
20	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 409 thousand km²
21	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 409 thousand km²
22	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 408 thousand km²
23	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
24	Southern Wu	≈ 374 thousand km²
25	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 360 thousand km²
26	Pala Empire	≈ 329 thousand km²
27	Southern Han	≈ 323 thousand km²
28	West Francia	≈ 322 thousand km²
29	Kingdom of Khotan	≈ 298 thousand km²
30	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
31	Principality of Hungary	≈ 261 thousand km²
32	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
33	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
34	Habbari Emirate	≈ 229 thousand km²
35	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
36	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
37	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 211 thousand km²
38	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
39	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 172 thousand km²
41	Vendel Period	≈ 172 thousand km²
42	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
43	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
44	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of León	≈ 134 thousand km²
46	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
47	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
48	Wuyue	≈ 124 thousand km²
49	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
50	Min	≈ 122 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of England	≈ 119 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 117 thousand km²
53	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
54	Chola Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Aksum	≈ 97 thousand km²
56	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
57	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
58	Georgia	≈ 86 thousand km²
59	Chandra dynasty	≈ 77 thousand km²
60	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
61	Jingnan	≈ 71 thousand km²
62	Qarmatians	≈ 65 thousand km²
63	Vikings	≈ 62 thousand km²
64	Principality of Serbia	≈ 61 thousand km²
65	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
66	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 59 thousand km²
67	Danish Realm	≈ 57 thousand km²
68	Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)	≈ 56 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Bohemia	≈ 45 thousand km²
70	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 42 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Vaspurakan	≈ 42 thousand km²
73	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
74	Ziyarid dynasty	≈ 41 thousand km²
75	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
76	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
77	Duchy of Normandy	≈ 35 thousand km²
78	Upper Burgundy	≈ 32 thousand km²
79	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
80	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
82	County of Ribagorza	≈ 24 thousand km²
83	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
84	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
85	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
86	Danelaw	≈ 16 thousand km²
87	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
88	Obotrites	≈ 15 thousand km²
89	Seisyllwg	≈ 14 thousand km²
90	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
91	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
92	Celtic Britons	≈ 11 thousand km²
93	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
94	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
95	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
96	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,748 km²
97	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 6,989 km²
98	Girona	≈ 5,761 km²
99	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
100	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
101	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
102	Roussillon	≈ 4,652 km²
103	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
104	Cornwall	≈ 4,538 km²
105	Kingdom of Powys	≈ 4,272 km²
106	Berga	≈ 4,096 km²
107	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
108	County of Urgell	≈ 3,260 km²
109	Chimor	≈ 2,661 km²
110	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
111	County of Besalú	≈ 2,264 km²
112	Brycheiniog	≈ 1,962 km²
113	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
114	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 1,510 km²
115	Kingdom of Gwent	≈ 1,268 km²
116	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²

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

New countries in this frame (14)

Buyid dynasty · Hamdanid dynasty · Later Jin (Five Dynasties) · Later Shu · Umayyad state of Córdoba · Kingdom of Italy · Kingdom of England · Danish Realm · Kingdom of Arles · Icelandic Commonwealth · Principality of Serbia · Ziyarid dynasty · County of Besalú · Tamna

Countries that disappeared in this frame (10)

Later Tang · Umayyad state of Córdoba · Lower Burgundy · Idrisid dynasty · Unified Silla · Wessex · Northumbria · Sajid dynasty · Alid dynasties of northern Iran · Hubaekje

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Fatimid Caliphate → former land of Idrisid dynasty, ≈ 194 thousand km²
Liao dynasty → former land of Later Tang, ≈ 160 thousand km²

The world in AD 936

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

China (135)

AD 936 — On day Renyin, Shi Jingtang was stripped of his titles, and Zhang Jingda was immediately ordered to advance and punish him. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷48)
AD 936 — On day Renzi, Zhang Lingzhao, chief garrison officer of the Pengsheng Guard stationed at the Ye capital, expelled military governor Liu Yanhao and rebelled, holding the city. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷48)
AD 936 — At night he gathered the remaining men and held Jin'an Stockade, south of the Jin Shrine, but the barbarian troops dug a moat and surrounded them, and after that no news came. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷48)
AD 936 — On day Jiazi, Yang Guangyuan, deputy campaign commissioner of the Taiyuan field headquarters, killed commissioner Zhang Jingda at Jin'an Stockade and led his troops to surrender to the Khitan. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷48)
AD 936 — When the Rong king marched south with the Jin Gaozu, Zhao Dejun, his son and the generals fled south from Tuanbai Valley, and the royal army was pursued by barbarian cavalry. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷48)
AD 936 — On day Jihai of the eleventh month, the emperor (Gaozu) at the Chongyuan Hall of the Northern Capital changed the reign from Changxing seven to Tianfu one and granted a general amnesty. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷76)
AD 936 — On day Jimao, when they reached the north of Heyang, military governor Chang Congjian surrendered; boats had already been prepared. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷76)
AD 936 — On day Yiyou, the first day of the twelfth month, he went to Heyang, saw off the Khitan and frontier troops to return home, and issued an edict demoting the Last Emperor to commoner. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷76)
AD 936 — Shi Jingtang of Hedong sent Zhao Ying and Sang Weihan to ask for help, and he agreed to send troops. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷3 天顯11年 7月)
AD 936 — He arrived at Taiyuan. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷3 天顯11年 9月)

Korean Peninsula (8)

AD 936 — Taejo leads three armies, joins at Cheonan-bu, and reaches Ilseon district, where Singeom comes out to meet him with troops. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 太祖十九年)
AD 936 — Taejo orders Gong Hwon to strike the central army directly, and the three armies advance together; the enemy collapses. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 太祖十九年)
AD 936 — Our army pursues to Hwangsan district; Singeom, with his younger brothers Yanggeom and Yonggeom, and the civil and military officials, surrenders (fall of Later Baekje). (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 太祖十九年)
AD 936 — September 936: the king leads three armies to Ilseon, and Singeom draws up his forces across the Illi River — the final showdown with Later Baekje (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권1 太祖神聖大王十九年)
AD 936 — In the ninth month Taejo led three armies, joined at Cheonan, advanced to Ilseon, and faced Singeom's army at Illicheon, where the Later Baekje army collapsed. (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二後百濟甄萱)
AD 936 — Gyeon Hwon, from worry and rage, developed a boil on his back and died within days at the Hwangsan temple (aged seventy). (Samguk Yusa (Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms) 紀異第二後百濟甄萱)
AD 942 — The Khitan, having allied with Balhae and then betrayed and destroyed it, cut ties; thirty envoys are exiled to an island, and a camel tied beneath Manbu Bridge is left to starve. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 太祖二十五年)
AD 945 — King Hyejong, having detected Wang Gyu's treason, prepares with Wang Sik-ryeom, Grand General of Seogyeong, banishes Wang Gyu to Gapgot, then sends men to kill him and executes some 300 of his followers (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권2 惠宗義恭大王二年)

Japan (2)

AD 937 — In Yunzhou, Wu Luan refuses to submit to the Khitan and holds the city closed; the Khitan attack but fail to win. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷281 제12단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
AD 945 — Huangfu Yu and others meet tens of thousands of Khitan at Yulin Inn near Xiangzhou and fight, then withdraw. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷284 제48단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 938 — Ngô Quyền raised troops at Ái Châu and attacked the Giao Công fleet. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 外紀卷之五「戊戌冬十二月，廷藝牙将吳權自愛州」)

West Asia (1)

AD 941 — Karamzin notes that the account of Igor's Greek campaign (941) comes not only from the Byzantine sagas but also from the Arab al-Makin and from Liutprand, bishop of Cremona. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 VI장)

Western Europe (8)

AD 937 — Athelstan and his brother Edmund fought Olaf at Brunanburh, killing five kings and seven earls, and won the battle. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 935 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3621))
AD 941 — Athelstan died at Gloucester; Edmund succeeded him, and the Northumbrians chose Olaf of Ireland as their king. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 941 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3778))
AD 942 — Edmund swept through Mercia and recovered the five boroughs: Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham, Stamford, and Derby. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 942 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3790))
AD 943 — Olaf attacked Tamworth; after a great slaughter the Danes won and carried off much booty. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 943 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3817))
AD 943 — Edmund besieged Olaf and Archbishop Wulfstan at Leicester, but they escaped at night. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 943 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3817))
AD 944 — Edmund subjected all of Northumbria and expelled the two kings, Olaf and Ragnald. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 944 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3828))
AD 945 — Edmund swept through Cumberland and then entrusted it to Malcolm, king of Scots, as the condition of an alliance. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 945 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3832))
AD 946 — King Edmund was stabbed to death by Leofa at Pucklechurch, and his brother Eadred subjected Northumbria. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 946 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3836))

Eastern Europe & Russia (3)

AD 944 — Clauses of the Igor–Greek treaty: a killing between Christians and Rus is punished by retaliation; the rest is as in Article 3 of the earlier treaty. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 VI장)
AD 945 — The Drevlians who had killed Igor, looking down on the young Svyatoslav, aimed at ruling Kyiv and told their prince Mal to marry the widow Olga. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 VII장)
AD 946 — Stripping away the legend, Karamzin concludes that the only fact is that Olga had the Drevlian envoys killed in Kyiv. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제1권 VII장)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 936 — Buyid dynasty appears
◆ AD 936 — Umayyad state of Córdoba appears
◆ AD 936 — Hamdanid dynasty appears
◆ AD 936 — Icelandic Commonwealth appears
◆ AD 936 — Kingdom of Arles appears
◆ AD 936 — Danish Realm appears
◆ AD 936 — Kingdom of England appears
◆ AD 936 — Kingdom of Italy appears