1300 CE Political Map

Our political world map showcases the world in 1300 CE, illustrating a transformed Afro-Eurasian landscape shaped by the Mongol Empire.

This map highlights Mongol successor states and contemporaries, including:

• The Yuan Dynasty, Golden Horde, and Ilkhanate
• Mamluk Egypt and medieval European kingdoms
• The Mali Empire and expanding connections on the Swahili Coast

How to Use This Map

Students can use the map to examine the intensification of trade routes across Eurasia and the growing links between sub-Saharan Africa and wider networks. They might also ask what geographic and political factors channeled or limited Mongol expansion, and how their conquests reshaped societies on the edges of their empire.

1300 CE political map, by OER Project, CC BY 4.0.