Learn the countries of Asia in 1300
The plan: 11 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: Frankish and Venetian Greece (Andravida (Achaea)), Byzantine Empire (Constantinople), Ottoman beylik of Osman (Söğüt), Turkish beyliks of Anatolia (Karamanids, Germiyan, Aydın…) (Karaman), Sultanate of Rum (under Mongol protection) (Konya)
- Batch 2: Armenian Cilicia (Sis), Kingdom of Cyprus (Nicosia), Empire of Trebizond (Trebizond), Kingdom of Georgia (Tbilisi), Ilkhanate (Tabriz)
- Batch 3: Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Bedouin tribes of Arabia (No capital), Rasulid Sultanate of Yemen (Ta'izz), Kingdom of Hormuz (Hormuz), Oman (the Nabhanids) (Bahla)
- Batch 4: Sumra Sindh (Thatta), Delhi Sultanate (Delhi), Kashmir (Hindu kings) (Srinagar), Chagatai Khanate (Almalik), Nepal and the Himalayan principalities (Bhaktapur)
- Batch 5: Bengal (the sultans of Lakhnauti) (Gaur (Lakhnauti)), Eastern Ganga dynasty (Odisha) (Cuttack), Ahom kingdom and the north-eastern kingdoms (Charaideo), Myinsaing Burma (under Mongol suzerainty) (Myinsaing), Shan states and hill peoples (Kachin, Chin, Arakanese) (No capital)
- Batch 6: Kingdom of Lan Na (Chiang Mai), Lao principalities (Muang Sua) (Muang Sua (Luang Prabang)), Đại Việt (Trần dynasty) (Thăng Long (Hanoi)), Khmer Empire (Angkor), Sukhothai Kingdom (Sukhothai)
- Batch 7: Champa (Vijaya), Mon kingdom of Martaban (Martaban), Malay city-states (Tambralinga, Kedah…) (Nakhon Si Thammarat (Tambralinga)), Sumatra (Pasai, Malayu and other kingdoms) (Pasai), Borneo (Poni and other peoples) (No capital)
- Batch 8: Majapahit Empire (Majapahit (Trowulan)), Sunda Kingdom (Pakuan), Eastern Indonesia (Ternate, Luwu, Bali and others) (No capital), Chiefdoms of the Philippines (Butuan, Tondo, Cebu) (No capital), Taiwan's indigenous peoples (No capital)
- Batch 9: Ryukyu (Chūzan and other chiefdoms) (No capital), Japan (the Kamakura shogunate) (Kyoto), Korea (Goryeo, a Mongol vassal) (Gaegyeong (Kaesong)), Ainu (Ezo) (No capital), Yuan dynasty (the Great Khan) (Khanbaliq (Beijing))
- Batch 10: Peoples of Siberia and the Arctic (No capital), Golden Horde (Sarai), Russian principalities (the Horde's vassals) (Vladimir), Yadava kingdom of Devagiri (Devagiri), Kakatiya kingdom (Warangal)
- Batch 11: Hoysala Empire (Dwarasamudra), Kerala kingdoms (Venad and Calicut) (Kollam), Pandya kingdom (Madurai), Sri Lanka (Sinhalese kingdoms and Jaffna) (Kurunegala), Indian Ocean islands (Maldives, Andaman, Nicobar, Lakshadweep) (No capital)
Learn the countries of Asia in 1300 at your own pace: we show you 55 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 1300?
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 1300?
There are 55 pieces in 11 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.