// Middle Ages
Almohad Caliphate
- Period
- AD 1139 – AD 1343
- Duration
- approx. 204 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1206
- Area (max.)
- approx. 945,000 km²
Period and duration
Almohad Caliphate — according to the map data from AD 1139 to AD 1343, roughly 204 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
Almohad Caliphate — greatest extent around AD 1206: the mapped borders then cover about 945,000 km², roughly 0.6% 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 1138)
After
- Marinid Sultanate
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Crown of Castile
Neighbours around AD 1206
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ayyubid Sultanate
- Kievan Rus'
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Second Bulgarian Empire
- Duchies of Poland
- Kingdom of England
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1206 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Almohad Caliphate on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.