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Year

The world in 1170

In 1170 the atlas holds 362 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Kingdom of Benin, All Saints' Flood and Duchy of Belz among them - and 1 ended; 16 people were born and 4 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1170s page, and to its century on the 12th century.

What began in 1170

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 3

Natural disasters 1

What ended in 1170

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1170 16

Died in 1170 4

Standing in 1170

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 192 statesEurope192Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 8 statesSub-Saharan Africa8South Asia: 44 statesSouth Asia44East and Southeast Asia: 31 statesEast and Southeast Asia31Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe192 states

and 182 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa8 states

South Asia44 states

and 34 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia31 states

and 21 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1145 – 1195: every state, war and life of 1170 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1170: 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.