Map of Europe in 1100 AD (1100 CE)
In 1100 CE the atlas maps 42 states and empires with territory in Europe. The largest by mapped territory was Great Seljuk Empire, at about 3.04M km², followed by Almoravid Dynasty. The map below is set to 1100 CE; the table lists every state shown, with the modern countries its borders covered.
- States Mapped
- 42
- Largest
- 3.04M km²
- Modern Countries Covered
- 65
- Longest Established
- 395–1100 CE
Map of Europe in 1100 CE
Borders are drawn for 1100 CE. Drag the timeline to move to another year.
The Major Powers of 1100 CE
Great Seljuk Empire
1040–1201 CEThe Seljuk Empire, or the Great Seljuk Empire, was a high medieval, culturally Turco-Persian empire established and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. 9 million square kilometres from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, and covered the time period 1037–1308, though Seljuk rule beyond the Anatolian peninsula ended in 1194.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 3.04M km²
Almoravid Dynasty
1056–1205 CEThe Almoravid dynasty was a Berber Muslim dynasty centered in the territory of present-day Morocco. It established an empire that stretched over the western Maghreb and al-Andalus, starting in the 1050s and lasting until its fall to the Almohads in 1147.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 1.87M km²
Kievan Rus'
882–1240 CEKievan Rus', also known as Kyivan Rus', was the first East Slavic state and, later, an amalgam of principalities, in Eastern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century. Encompassing a variety of polities and peoples, including East Slavic, Norse, and Finnic, it was ruled by the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 1.20M km²
The Holy Roman Empire
922–1806 CEThe Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity comprising and controlling much of Central Europe and Western Europe, headed by the Holy Roman Emperor and characterized by a decentralized political structure. It developed in the Early Middle Ages, and lasted for a millennium until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 883,283 km²
The Byzantine Empire
395–1474 CEThe Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Eastern part of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 702,872 km²
Halych-Volhynia occupation
1056–1240 CEThe Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, known as the Principality of Galicia–Volhynia before 1253, and also known as the Kingdom of Ruthenia or Kingdom of Rus', was a medieval state in Eastern Europe which existed from 1199 to 1349. Its territory was predominantly located in modern-day Ukraine, with parts in Belarus, Poland, Romania, Moldova, and Lithuania.
Mapped extent in 1100 CE: 407,528 km²
Descriptions are the opening of each state's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).
States and Empires in 1100 CE
42 mapped, largest territory first. Dates are the span of each state's mapped borders.
1100 CE by Region
1100 CE: Quick Answers
- What empires and states existed in Europe in 1100 CE?
- The atlas maps 42 states in Europe in 1100 CE. The largest by mapped territory were Great Seljuk Empire, Almoravid Dynasty, Kievan Rus', The Holy Roman Empire, The Byzantine Empire, Halych-Volhynia occupation.
- What was the largest empire in Europe in 1100 CE?
- Great Seljuk Empire had the largest mapped territory among states present in Europe in 1100 CE, about 3.04M km², followed by Almoravid Dynasty (1.87M km²). Areas are measured from the mapped borders and are approximate.
- What did the map of Europe look like in 1100 AD?
- In 1100 CE the map of Europe was divided between 42 mapped states and empires. Great Seljuk Empire held the largest territory, followed by Almoravid Dynasty. Their borders covered parts of 65 present-day countries.
- How many states are shown on the map for 1100 CE?
- 42. The map shows the states recorded in the atlas's dated border dataset for that year; states and peoples absent from that dataset are not shown.