Middle Ages
Second Bulgarian Empire
- Period
- AD 1188 – AD 1394
- Duration
- approx. 206 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1236
- Area (max.)
- approx. 312,000 km²
Period and duration
Second Bulgarian Empire — according to the map data from AD 1188 to AD 1394, roughly 206 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
Second Bulgarian Empire — greatest extent around AD 1236: the mapped borders then cover about 312,000 km², roughly 0.2% 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 1187)
- Byzantine Empire
- Halych-Volhynia occupation
After
- Ottoman Empire
- Principality of Wallachia
Neighbours around AD 1236
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Holy Roman Empire
- Sultanate of Rum
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Principality of Galicia-Volhynia
- Nicaean Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1236 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Second Bulgarian Empire 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.