MEIDEVAL EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS OF 13th century
MEIDEVAL EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS OF 13th century, including castles, slavery and all economic trades, knighthood titles and religion, all Islamic empires, barbarian tribes , christianity, vassal, bannerman and serfdom, every thing about I can give you a much fuller global list, but I need to be honest: the 13th century world had hundreds of kingdoms, sultanates, duchies, city-states, and tribal states, so no source or historian has a truly complete single list. What I can do is give you the most complete structured world list used by historians, grouped by region and including all major + widely recognized minor states of the 1200s. 🌍 FULL 13th CENTURY KINGDOMS & EMPIRES (STRUCTURED WORLD LIST) 🟨 ASIA (Largest number of states) 🟠 Mongol Empire (1206–1368 expansion peak begins in 13th century) Yuan China (Kublai Khan from 1271) Ilkhanate (Persia) Chagatai Khanate (Central Asia) Golden Horde (Russia steppe) 🟡 China Region Song Dynasty (Southern Song) Jin Dynasty (Jurchen-controlled North China, until Mongols destroy it) Western Xia (Tangut kingdom, destroyed by Mongols) 🟤 Japan Kamakura Shogunate Emperor (symbolic ruler) 🔵 Korea Goryeo Kingdom 🟣 Southeast Asia Khmer Empire (Cambodia) Pagan Kingdom (Burma/Myanmar) Dai Viet (Vietnam) Sukhothai Kingdom (Thailand begins) Srivijaya remnants (declining maritime empire) Majapahit (founded late 13th century, Indonesia) 🟠 Indian Subcontinent Delhi Sultanate (new Islamic empire rising) Chola Dynasty (declining) Pandya Kingdom Hoysala Kingdom Kakatiya Kingdom Rajput kingdoms (many small warrior states) 🟢 Central Asia Khwarezmian remnants (destroyed by Mongols early 1200s) Turkic tribal khanates 🕌 ISLAMIC WORLD 🟢 Middle East & North Africa Abbasid Caliphate (Baghdad, destroyed 1258) Mamluk Sultanate (Egypt & Syria) Ayyubid Sultanate (earlier, then fragmented into Mamluks) Seljuk Sultanate (declining fragments in Anatolia) 🟢 Anatolia (Turkey region) Sultanate of Rum (Seljuk Turks) Small Turkic beyliks (future Ottoman rise starts here) 🟢 Persia Ilkhanate (Mongol Islamic empire) Various local dynasties before consolidation 🟢 North Africa Hafsid Dynasty (Tunisia) Marinid Dynasty (Morocco) Zayyanid Kingdom (Algeria) 🟥 EUROPE (Feudal Kingdom Network) 🏰 Western Europe Kingdom of England Kingdom of France Kingdom of Scotland Kingdom of Ireland (various local kings) Kingdom of Portugal Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre 🏰 Central Europe Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, northern Italy influence) Kingdom of Bohemia Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Poland (fragmented period early 13th century) 🏰 Northern Europe Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway Kingdom of Sweden 🏰 Eastern Europe Kievan Rus (fragmenting) Novgorod Republic Vladimir-Suzdal Galicia-Volhynia 🏰 Italy (city-states system) Republic of Venice Republic of Genoa Papal States Kingdom of Sicily 🟫 AFRICA 🟤 West Africa Mali Empire (rising superpower) Ghana Empire (collapsed earlier but remnants remain) Songhai (early formation) 🟤 East Africa Ethiopian Empire (Abyssinia, early Solomonic period begins 1270s) Swahili city-states (Kilwa, Mombasa, Zanzibar) 🟤 North Africa (covered under Islamic dynasties) Mamluks (Egypt) Marinids Hafsids 🟦 AMERICAS (Independent civilizations) 🟦 North America Mississippian cultures (Cahokia decline phase) Pueblo peoples 🟦 Mesoamerica Mayan city-states (Yucatán region still active) Toltec remnants (earlier influence) 🟦 South America Early Inca state (pre-empire formation in Andes) Chimú Kingdom (coastal Peru) Aymara kingdoms ⛪ RELIGIOUS & POLITICAL SYSTEM STRUCTURE 🌍 Christianity Papal States lead Catholic Church Feudal monarchy system in Europe 🌙 Islam Caliph (spiritual leader) Sultan (political/military ruler) Emir (regional governor) 🐉 Mongol belief system Tengrism (sky god religion) Religious tolerance policy 🕉️ Hinduism (India) King + caste system governance Temple-state economy ☸️ Buddhism (East Asia & SE Asia) Monastic kingdoms influence politics ⚔️ KNIGHTHOOD & WARRIOR SYSTEMS 🏰 Europe (Knights) Page → Squire → Knight Feudal loyalty system Heavy cavalry warfare 🐎 Mongols Horse archers Decimal army system (10, 100, 1000, 10,000 units) ⚔️ Japan Samurai warrior class Bushido code (early form) 🕌 Islamic world Mamluk slave soldiers (elite cavalry) Jihad-based military campaigns 🐘 India Elephant cavalry in some kingdoms Rajput warrior clans 💰 GLOBAL ECONOMY (13th Century Core Resources) 🧵 Silk (China) 🌶️ Spices (India, Southeast Asia) 🪙 Gold (West Africa) 🐎 Horses (Central Asia/Mongols) 🐑 Wool (Europe) 🏺 Porcelain (China) 🧂 Salt (Sahara trade routes) 📌 FINAL SUMMARY The 13th century world was: 🐎 Mongols = biggest empire ever formed ⚔️ Europe = fragmented knight kingdoms 🏯 China = advanced bureaucratic civilizations 🕌 Islam = powerful trade + military states 🪙 Africa = gold-rich empires 🌾 Americas = independent kingdoms If you want next, I can: 🗺️ Draw a full “world map style” faction layout like a strategy game ⚔️ Or simulate wars between all 13th century empires 👑 Or rank top 10 strongest kingdoms of the 1200s