// Middle Ages
Avar Khaganate
- Period
- AD 561 – AD 805
- Duration
- approx. 244 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 617
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1 million km²
Period and duration
Avar Khaganate — according to the map data from AD 561 to AD 805, roughly 244 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
Avar Khaganate — greatest extent around AD 617: the mapped borders then cover about 1 million km², roughly 0.7% 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 560)
- Lombards
- Kingdom of the Gepids
After
Neighbours around AD 617
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Sasanian Empire
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Merovingian Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Bavarians
- Saxons
- Duchy of Thuringia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 617 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Avar Khaganate 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.