Middle Ages
Zayyanid dynasty
- Period
- AD 1236 – AD 1555
- Duration
- approx. 319 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1285
- Area (max.)
- approx. 126,000 km²
Period and duration
Zayyanid dynasty — according to the map data from AD 1236 to AD 1555, roughly 319 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
Zayyanid dynasty — greatest extent around AD 1285: the mapped borders then cover about 126,000 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 1235)
After
Neighbours around AD 1285
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Tuareg people
- Crown of Castile
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Crown of Aragon
- Emirate of Granada
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Majorca
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1285 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Zayyanid dynasty 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.