Learn the countries of Asia in 1000
The plan: 12 batches of five
How the pieces are shared out, five at a time and by area of the map (in brackets, the capital when its name differs). Each batch starts next to the last one.
- Batch 1: Kievan Rus (Kyiv), Volga Bulgaria (Bolghar), Kingdom of Georgia (Abkhazia and Kartli) (Kutaisi), Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia (Ani), Rawadids and Shirvanshahs (Azerbaijan) (Tabriz)
- Batch 2: Kurdish emirates (Marwanids and others) (Mayyafariqin), Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), Buyid emirates (the Abbasid caliphate in name) (Shiraz), Bedouin tribes of Arabia (No capital), Fatimid Caliphate (Cairo)
- Batch 3: Qarmatians of Bahrain (Al-Ahsa) (Al-Mu'miniya (Hofuf)), Ibadi Imamate of Oman (Nizwa), Emirates of Yemen (Ziyadids, Yu'firids) (Zabid), Hindu Shahis and the Indus lands (Multan, Mansura) (Udabhandapura (Hund)), Chaulukya of Gujarat (Anahilapataka)
- Batch 4: Paramara of Malwa (Dhar), Pratihara remnants and Rajput kingdoms (Kannauj), Odisha and Kosala (Somavamshi) (Yayatinagara), Nepal and the Himalayan principalities (Kathmandu), Pala Empire (Pataliputra (Patna))
- Batch 5: Kashmir (Lohara dynasty) (Srinagar), Kara-Khanid Khanate (Balasagun), Ghaznavid Empire (Ghazni), Khwarazm (the Ma'munids) (Gurganj), Steppe peoples (Oghuz, Kipchak, Pecheneg) (No capital)
- Batch 6: Tibetan principalities (Guge and others) (No capital), Kamarupa and the north-eastern kingdoms (Pragjyotishpura (Guwahati)), Bamar principalities of Pagan (Pagan), Hill peoples (Shan, Kachin, Chin) (No capital), Arakan (Chandra dynasty) (Vesali)
- Batch 7: Mon kingdoms (Dvaravati, Haripunjaya, Thaton) (Haripunjaya (Lamphun)), Khmer Empire (Angkor), Lao principalities (No capital), Đại Cồ Việt (Lê dynasty) (Hoa Lư), Champa (Indrapura)
- Batch 8: Kingdom of Dali (Dali), Song dynasty (Northern Song) (Kaifeng), Tanguts (the future Western Xia) (Lingzhou), Uyghur Kingdom of Qocho (Qocho (Turpan)), Liao dynasty (Khitan) (Shangjing)
- Batch 9: Taiwan's indigenous peoples (No capital), Ryukyu Islands (No capital), Korea (Goryeo) (Gaegyeong (Kaesong)), Japan (Heian period) (Heian-kyō (Kyoto)), Chiefdoms of the Philippines (No capital)
- Batch 10: Ainu (Ezo) (No capital), Peoples of Siberia and the Arctic (No capital), Eastern Chalukya (Vengi) (Vengi), Western Chalukya (Kalyani), Chola Empire (Thanjavur)
- Batch 11: Peoples of Borneo (No capital), Medang Kingdom (East Java) (Watugaluh), Sunda Kingdom (Galuh) (Galuh), Srivijaya (Palembang), Eastern Indonesia (Bali, Sulawesi, Maluku…) (No capital)
- Batch 12: Ruhuna (Sinhalese Sri Lanka) (Tissamaharama), Indian Ocean islands (Maldives, Andaman, Nicobar) (No capital)
Learn the countries of Asia in 1000 at your own pace: we show you 57 pieces five at a time, each named on the map, and you go over the ones you miss until you know them. Free, no sign-up.
Test yourself
What is the easiest way to learn the countries of Asia in 1000?
By area and in small groups: learn five neighbouring pieces, find them on the map with no rush, and go over the ones you miss a little later, then the next day. Reviewing just before you would forget is what makes them stick.
How long does it take to learn the countries of Asia in 1000?
There are 57 pieces in 12 batches of five: about a minute per batch to see them all, then short reviews over a few days so you don't forget them.