// Middle Ages
Kara-Khanids
- Period
- AD 850 – AD 1045
- Duration
- approx. 195 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1040
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.3 million km²
Period and duration
Kara-Khanids — according to the map data from AD 850 to AD 1045, roughly 195 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
Kara-Khanids — greatest extent around AD 1040: the mapped borders then cover about 1.3 million km², roughly 0.9% 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 849)
After
- Eastern Kara-Khanids
- Western Karakhanid Khanate
Neighbours around AD 1040
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Great Seljuk Empire
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Ghaznavid Empire
- Qocho Kingdom
- Buyid Dynasty
- Oghuz Turks
- Chauhan Dynasty
- Sind-Habbari Dynasty
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1040 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kara-Khanids 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.