PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1170 – 1179

The world in the 1170s

From 1170 to 1179 the atlas holds 370 states standing at some time. 23 things began - Ayyubid dynasty, Kingdom of Benin and Principality of Catalonia among them - and 9 ended; 59 people were born and 29 died, 3 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1170: 4 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other11701171: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11711172: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11721173: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other11731174: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other11741175: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11751176: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11761177: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other11771178: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other11781179: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1179

What began in the 1170s

By kind, the best known first.

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

What ended in the 1170s

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

Born 59

and 43 more in the atlas.

Died 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

States of the 1170s

The states that stood at some time in the 1170s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1170.

Europe: 198 statesEurope198Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 8 statesSub-Saharan Africa8South Asia: 45 statesSouth Asia45East and Southeast Asia: 31 statesEast and Southeast Asia31Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe198 states

and 190 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa8 states

South Asia45 states

and 37 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia31 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1150 – 1199: every state, war and life of the 1170s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1175: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.