// Middle Ages
Khazaria
- Period
- AD 630 – AD 979
- Duration
- approx. 349 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 763
- Area (max.)
- approx. 799,000 km²
Period and duration
Khazaria — according to the map data from AD 630 to AD 979, roughly 349 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
Khazaria — greatest extent around AD 763: the mapped borders then cover about 799,000 km², roughly 0.5% 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 629)
After
No successors in the map data.
Neighbours around AD 763
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Byzantine Empire
- Oghuz Turks
- First Bulgarian Empire
- Volga Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Lazica
- Cyprus Condominium
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 763 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Khazaria 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.