// Middle Ages
Aq Qoyunlu
- Period
- AD 1407 – AD 1511
- Duration
- approx. 104 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1475
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.7 million km²
Period and duration
Aq Qoyunlu — according to the map data from AD 1407 to AD 1511, roughly 104 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
Aq Qoyunlu — greatest extent around AD 1475: the mapped borders then cover about 1.7 million km², roughly 1.1% 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 1406)
After
Neighbours around AD 1475
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Khanate of Sibir
- Timurid Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Nogai Horde
- Makuria Kingdom
- Astrakhan Khanate
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1475 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Aq Qoyunlu 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.