// Middle Ages
Turk Shahis
- Period
- AD 561 – AD 874
- Duration
- approx. 313 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 692
- Area (max.)
- approx. 341,000 km²
Period and duration
Turk Shahis — according to the map data from AD 561 to AD 874, roughly 313 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
Turk Shahis — greatest extent around AD 692: the mapped borders then cover about 341,000 km², roughly 0.2% 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 560)
After
Neighbours around AD 692
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Umayyad Caliphate
- Tang Dynasty
- Tibetan Empire
- Karkota Dynasty
- Kashmir
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 692 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Turk Shahis 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.