// Middle Ages
First Bulgarian Empire
- Period
- AD 682 – AD 1017
- Duration
- approx. 335 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 850
- Area (max.)
- approx. 427,000 km²
Period and duration
First Bulgarian Empire — according to the map data from AD 682 to AD 1017, roughly 335 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
First Bulgarian Empire — greatest extent around AD 850: the mapped borders then cover about 427,000 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 681)
- Avar Khaganate
- Old Great Bulgaria
After
Neighbours around AD 850
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Carolingian Empire
- Khazaria
- Byzantine Empire
- East Franks
- Magyars
- Aghlabid Dynasty
- Great Moravia
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 850 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- First Bulgarian Empire 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.