World map in AD 947 — territory by country

Frame AD 947 — world borders from AD 947 to AD 959. 117 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Samanid Empire (≈ 3.06 million km²).

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

Rank	Country	Area
1	Samanid Empire	≈ 3.06 million km²
2	Liao dynasty	≈ 1.92 million km²
3	Tibetans	≈ 1.87 million km²
4	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 1.58 million km²
5	Kimak–Kipchak confederation	≈ 1.43 million km²
6	Kievan Rus'	≈ 990 thousand km²
7	Later Han	≈ 790 thousand km²
8	Rashtrakuta Empire	≈ 768 thousand km²
9	Khazars	≈ 750 thousand km²
10	Abbasid Caliphate	≈ 736 thousand km²
11	Byzantine Empire	≈ 720 thousand km²
12	Qocho	≈ 653 thousand km²
13	Later Shu	≈ 606 thousand km²
14	Srivijaya	≈ 538 thousand km²
15	Kingdom of Germany	≈ 519 thousand km²
16	Southern Wu	≈ 495 thousand km²
17	Hamdanid dynasty	≈ 482 thousand km²
18	Oghuz Khagan	≈ 450 thousand km²
19	Yenisei Kyrgyz	≈ 424 thousand km²
20	Ma Chu	≈ 417 thousand km²
21	Kara-Khanid Khanate	≈ 409 thousand km²
22	Khmer Empire	≈ 398 thousand km²
23	Fatimid Caliphate	≈ 389 thousand km²
24	Dali Kingdom	≈ 361 thousand km²
25	Umayyad state of Córdoba	≈ 359 thousand km²
26	First Bulgarian Empire	≈ 356 thousand km²
27	Pratihara dynasty	≈ 324 thousand km²
28	West Francia	≈ 322 thousand km²
29	Kingdom of Khotan	≈ 298 thousand km²
30	Norway	≈ 282 thousand km²
31	Principality of Hungary	≈ 264 thousand km²
32	Southern Han	≈ 261 thousand km²
33	Heian period	≈ 244 thousand km²
34	Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom	≈ 233 thousand km²
35	Habbari Emirate	≈ 229 thousand km²
36	Ziyadid dynasty	≈ 215 thousand km²
37	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
38	Ghana Empire	≈ 204 thousand km²
39	Chaulukya dynasty	≈ 200 thousand km²
40	Idrisid dynasty	≈ 194 thousand km²
41	Pala Empire	≈ 193 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of León	≈ 184 thousand km²
43	Maya civilization	≈ 177 thousand km²
44	Kingdom of Italy	≈ 172 thousand km²
45	Vendel Period	≈ 172 thousand km²
46	Kashmir	≈ 150 thousand km²
47	Haripuñjaya	≈ 143 thousand km²
48	Goryeo	≈ 143 thousand km²
49	Champa	≈ 130 thousand km²
50	Lavo Kingdom	≈ 126 thousand km²
51	Wuyue	≈ 125 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of England	≈ 124 thousand km²
53	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Arles	≈ 117 thousand km²
55	Icelandic Commonwealth	≈ 112 thousand km²
56	Chola Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
57	Pyu city-states	≈ 95 thousand km²
58	Kamarupa	≈ 93 thousand km²
59	Duchy of Bohemia	≈ 84 thousand km²
60	Chandra dynasty	≈ 76 thousand km²
61	Anuradhapura	≈ 74 thousand km²
62	Jingnan	≈ 71 thousand km²
63	Georgia	≈ 71 thousand km²
64	Qarmatians	≈ 65 thousand km²
65	Ngô dynasty	≈ 62 thousand km²
66	Principality of Serbia	≈ 61 thousand km²
67	Mataram kingdom	≈ 60 thousand km²
68	Bagratid Armenia	≈ 59 thousand km²
69	Danish Realm	≈ 57 thousand km²
70	Kingdom of Croatia (925–1102)	≈ 56 thousand km²
71	Volga Bulgaria	≈ 44 thousand km²
72	Shirvan	≈ 42 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Vaspurakan	≈ 42 thousand km²
74	Kingdom of Alba	≈ 42 thousand km²
75	Ziyarid dynasty	≈ 41 thousand km²
76	Casablanca	≈ 36 thousand km²
77	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
78	Duchy of Normandy	≈ 35 thousand km²
79	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 32 thousand km²
80	Upper Burgundy	≈ 32 thousand km²
81	Vikings	≈ 28 thousand km²
82	Pagan Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
83	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
84	Jämtland	≈ 26 thousand km²
85	Kingdom of the Iberians	≈ 25 thousand km²
86	County of Ribagorza	≈ 24 thousand km²
87	Ancestral Puebloans	≈ 21 thousand km²
88	Classic Veracruz culture	≈ 19 thousand km²
89	Seisyllwg	≈ 18 thousand km²
90	Principality of Salerno	≈ 18 thousand km²
91	Danelaw	≈ 17 thousand km²
92	Papal States	≈ 16 thousand km²
93	Zagwe dynasty	≈ 14 thousand km²
94	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	Cyprus	≈ 11 thousand km²
96	Celtic Britons	≈ 11 thousand km²
97	Judicate of Cagliari	≈ 10 thousand km²
98	Strathclyde	≈ 9,426 km²
99	Judicate of Logudoro	≈ 8,247 km²
100	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,748 km²
101	Emirate of Nekor	≈ 7,039 km²
102	Girona	≈ 5,761 km²
103	Toltec	≈ 5,605 km²
104	Emirate of Crete	≈ 5,499 km²
105	County of Pallars	≈ 4,850 km²
106	Roussillon	≈ 4,652 km²
107	Judicate of Gallura	≈ 4,598 km²
108	Berga	≈ 4,096 km²
109	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 3,855 km²
110	County of Urgell	≈ 3,260 km²
111	Kingdom of Morgannwg	≈ 2,888 km²
112	Chimor	≈ 2,661 km²
113	Republic of Venice	≈ 2,548 km²
114	County of Besalú	≈ 2,264 km²
115	Brycheiniog	≈ 2,006 km²
116	Tamna	≈ 1,959 km²
117	Duchy of Naples	≈ 1,059 km²

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

New countries in this frame (9)

Later Han · Abbasid Caliphate · Dali Kingdom · Chaulukya dynasty · Idrisid dynasty · Ngô dynasty · Duchy of Brittany · Jämtland · Zagwe dynasty

Countries that disappeared in this frame (8)

Buyid dynasty · Later Jin (Five Dynasties) · Kingdom of Aksum · Min · Obotrites · Kingdom of Powys · Cornwall · Kingdom of Gwent

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Hamdanid dynasty → former land of Abbasid Caliphate, ≈ 271 thousand km²
Southern Wu → former land of Min, ≈ 122 thousand km²

The world in AD 947

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

China (150)

AD 947 — The emperor led his clan out of the Fengqiu Gate and reached the fields by palanquin, but the Khitan ruler would not receive him and made him stay at Fengshan Temple. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷85)
AD 947 — On day Xinmao, the Khitan demoted the emperor to Grand Master of Splendid Happiness and Acting Grand Commandant, Marquis of Fuyi, and confined him at Huanglong Prefecture. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷85)
AD 947 — On reaching Liaoyang, Empress Feng, grieving that the emperor had fallen into barbarian land and suffered hardship, asked the eunuchs for poison. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷85)
AD 947 — Cui Tingxun, the puppet military governor of Heyang, resisted and was defeated; Wu Xingde and others pursued him, Tingxun abandoned his city and fled, and Xingde held the city. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷99)
AD 947 — The puppet Western Capital guardian Liu Xi abandoned Luoyang, retreated south to Xuzhou, then went to the Eastern Capital, and Fang Tai, patrol commissioner of Luoyang, took on the guardian's duties himself. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷99)
AD 947 — On day Wushen, when the imperial carriage reached Jiangzhou, the prefect Li Conglang surrendered the prefecture with his troops. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷100)
AD 947 — Ma Da fled to Dingzhou together with Cui Tingxun, military governor of Heyang, and Liu Xi, guardian of Luojing. (Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals 舊五代史卷100)
AD 947 — He entered Bianzhou with the full ceremonial carriage and received the congratulations of the officials in the Chongyuan Hall. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷4 大同1年 1月)
AD 947 — He had the family of Shi Chonggui settled at Huanglong Prefecture. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷4 大同1年 1月)
AD 947 — He established the national title Great Liao and changed the era name to Datong. (History of Liao (Liaoshi) 遼史卷4 大同1年 2月)

Korean Peninsula (6)

AD 947 — Builds a royal palace in Seogyeong. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 定宗二年)
AD 947 — On receiving Choe Gwang-yun's letter that the Khitan intend to invade, the court levies 300,000 troops called the Gwanggun and sets up the Gwanggunsa office (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권2 定宗文明大王二年)
AD 949 — Following prophecy texts, they resolve to move the capital to Seogyeong, draft able-bodied men, and Chancellor Gwon Jik takes charge of building the palace. (Goryeosa (History of Goryeo) 世家卷2 定宗四年)
AD 951 — Northern Han attacks Jinzhou with five circuits, but Wang Yan shuts the gates and holds the city. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷290 제23단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
AD 951 — The ruler of Northern Han crosses Yindiguan with the Khitan and attacks Jinzhou day and night. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷290 제66단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))
AD 958 — Gwangjong entrusts the examinations to Hallim scholar Ssanggi, selecting jinsa by poetry, rhapsody and policy essays, and posts the results at Wibongnu — the civil service examination is first established (Goryeosa Jeolyo (Essentials of Goryeo History) 권2 光宗大成大王九年)

Japan (1)

AD 947 — The Khitan take Xiangzhou, kill all the men in the city and lead the women away. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 資治通鑑卷286 제68단(머리글 이후 비공백 줄 기준))

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 951 — The Later Ngô King drove out Tam Gia, took the throne, and called himself King Nam Tấn. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 外紀卷之五「辛亥元年。王既黜三哥，即王位，稱」)

Western Europe (5)

AD 948 — While King Eadred was sweeping through Northumbria, the great monastery at Ripon, founded by Wilfrid, was burned. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 948 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3850))
AD 948 — King Eadred, returning, caught up with the enemy at York and inflicted a great slaughter. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 948 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3850))
AD 952 — To avenge the death of the abbot, King Eadred had a great slaughter carried out at Thetford. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 952 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3867))
AD 954 — When the Northumbrians drove out Eric, King Eadred took Northumbria. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 954 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3875))
AD 955 — King Eadred died at Frome; Eadwig succeeded to Wessex and Edgar to Mercia. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Giles/Ingram 1847 A.D. 955 항 (pg657.txt 줄 3880))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 947 — Abbasid Caliphate appears
◆ AD 947 — Chaulukya dynasty appears
◆ AD 947 — Idrisid dynasty appears
◆ AD 947 — Dali Kingdom appears
◆ AD 947 — Later Han appears
◆ AD 947 — Ngô dynasty appears
◆ AD 947 — Buyid dynasty ends
◆ AD 947 — Kingdom of Aksum ends