// Middle Ages
Southern Song
- Period
- AD 1139 – AD 1278
- Duration
- approx. 139 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1139
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.1 million km²
Period and duration
Southern Song — according to the map data from AD 1139 to AD 1278, roughly 139 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
Southern Song — greatest extent around AD 1139: the mapped borders then cover about 2.1 million km², roughly 1.4% 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 1138)
After
Neighbours around AD 1139
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Great Jin
- Kara-Khitans
- Pagan Kingdom
- Khmer Empire
- Kingdom of Dali
- Goryeo
- Haripuñjaya
- Lavo Kingdom
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1139 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Southern Song 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.