Polity · 561 CE – 805 CE
Avar Khaganate
- Peak recorded area
- 1,022,490 km²
- 617 CE
- Data series
- 2
- 573 CE–620 CE
Overview
The Pannonian Avars were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in the chronicles of the Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai, or Pseudo-Avars in Byzantine sources, and the Apar to the Göktürks. They established the Avar Khaganate, which spanned the Pannonian Basin and considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late-6th to the early-9th centuries.
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Territory
22 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 805 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
Development
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Known Ancient Places2 obs · 573 CE–620 CE | 776places620 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
| Known Ancient Settlements2 obs · 573 CE–620 CE | 204settlements620 CE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Avar Khaganate is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.