Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1146 – 1160

Kingdom of Africa

A state of 1146 – 1160 — 14 years in the Middle East and North Africa. Its own article says it was conquered.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
14 years
1146 – 1160
Most ground
39,600 km²
in 1152
Map: Kingdom of Africa in 1152, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Kingdom of Africa in 1152, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 39,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Kingdom of Africa: 1146 – 1160

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered, 1158. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Early in the reign of William I, the Kingdom of Africa fell to the Almohad Caliphate (1158–1160).

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

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39,600 km² in 1156, 39,600 km² in 1160. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood14 years

    stood longer than 20% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held39,600 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 31% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q3932090 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.