// Middle Ages
Balhae
- Period
- AD 705 – AD 925
- Duration
- approx. 220 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 911
- Area (max.)
- approx. 489,000 km²
Period and duration
Balhae — according to the map data from AD 705 to AD 925, roughly 220 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
Balhae — greatest extent around AD 911: the mapped borders then cover about 489,000 km², roughly 0.3% 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 704)
After
Neighbours around AD 911
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
- Later Liang Dynasty
- Southern Wu
- Liao Dynasty
- Heian Japan
- Taebong
- Yan Kingdom
- Unified Silla
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 911 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Balhae 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.