// Middle Ages
Four Oirats
- Period
- AD 1402 – AD 1474
- Duration
- approx. 72 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1463
- Area (max.)
- approx. 4 million km²
Period and duration
Four Oirats — according to the map data from AD 1402 to AD 1474, roughly 72 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
Four Oirats — greatest extent around AD 1463: the mapped borders then cover about 4 million km², roughly 2.7% 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 1401)
After
Neighbours around AD 1463
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ming Dynasty
- Khanate of Sibir
- Timurid Empire
- East Turkestan
- Moghulistan
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Shan States
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1463 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Four Oirats 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.