// Middle Ages
Oghuz Turks
- Period
- AD 750 – AD 1055
- Duration
- approx. 305 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 970
- Area (max.)
- approx. 466,000 km²
Period and duration
Oghuz Turks — according to the map data from AD 750 to AD 1055, roughly 305 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
Oghuz Turks — greatest extent around AD 970: the mapped borders then cover about 466,000 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 749)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 970
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Samanid Empire
- Kimek-Kipchak confederation
- Buyid Dynasty
- Hamdanid Emirates
- Khazaria
- Ziyarid dynasty
- Shirvan
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 970 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Oghuz Turks 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.