// Modern era
Zaire
- Period
- AD 1973 – AD 1995
- Duration
- approx. 22 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1973
- Area (max.)
- approx. 2.3 million km²
Period and duration
Zaire — according to the map data from AD 1973 to AD 1995, roughly 22 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
Zaire — greatest extent around AD 1973: the mapped borders then cover about 2.3 million km², roughly 1.6% 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 1972)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
After
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
Neighbours around AD 1973
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- French Fifth Republic
- Republic of Sudan
- Estado Novo
- South Africa
- Ethiopia
- Federal Republic of Nigeria
- Tanzania
- British Empire
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1973 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Zaire 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.