Polity · 830 CE – 960 CE
Emirate of Crete
- Peak recorded area
- 5,499 km²
- 830 CE
- Data series
- 17
- 900 CE–900 CE
Overview
The Emirate of Crete was an Arab Islamic state that existed on the Mediterranean island of Crete from the late 820s to the reconquest of the island by the Byzantine Empire in 961. Although the emirate recognized the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate and maintained close ties with Tulunid Egypt, it was de facto independent.
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Territory
2 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 960 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.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 12Kpersons824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 5.4score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 250Kpersons824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 0.8315score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.8333score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 3levels824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Polity Territory | 3.92score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Territory km² | 8,336sq km824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels | 5levels824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 4levels824 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 7 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.7778score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 3.67score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.8462score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.6333score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Largest Settlement Pop | 4.08score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Levels | 4score900 CE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
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).
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
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Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Emirate of Crete is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.