Middle Ages
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
- Period
- AD 1000 – AD 1499
- Duration
- approx. 499 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1000
- Area (max.)
- approx. 213,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Zimbabwe — according to the map data from AD 1000 to AD 1499, roughly 499 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Zimbabwe — greatest extent around AD 1000: the mapped borders then cover about 213,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 999)
- Khoisan
- Bantu peoples
After
- Kingdom of Mutapa
Neighbours around AD 1000
The largest states in the region at the same time:
No neighbouring states in the map data.
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1000 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Zimbabwe on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.