Gumilev L.N., Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John (Cambridge University Press. 1988)
Map 3. Distribution of Religions in the Mid-Twelfth Century (Russian versian)
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General note. Alongside political fragmentation, ethnic and cultural blocks defined by their confessional nature stand out clearly: the Roman Catholic world, the Orthodox countries and the Nestorian church united with the Jacobite (monophysites) in 1142 divide Christianity into three mutually hostile camps. Similarly, in the Muslim lands there are two centres: the Sunni caliphate of the "Abbasids in Baghdad and the Ismaili caliphate of the Fatimids in Cairo. Northern China is taken over by Buddhism, Southern, the Song Empire, by Confucianism. Tibetan Bon successfully competes with Buddhism and Nestorianism. In Siberia there are two different religious systems: the Evenki have Shamanism and the Ugrians have dualism. The former spirit worship rapidly gives way to the world religions.
States and tribal unions:
1. Kingdom of Scotland
2. Kingdom of Norway
3. Kingdom of Sweden
4. Kingdom of England
5. Kingdom of Denmark
6. Baltic peoples: Ests, Livs, Letts, Lithuanians, Prussians
7. Russian grand principality
8. Kingdom of France
9. Holy Roman Empire of German peoples
10. Kingdom of Bohemia
11. Kingdom of Poland
12. Kingdom of Portugal
13. Kingdom of Castille
14. Kingdom of Navarre
15. Kingdom of Aragon
16. Papacy
17. Kingdom of Hungary
18. Kingdom of Sicily
19. Byzantine Empire
20. Kingdom of Georgia
21. Great Bulgar (khanate)
22. Maghrib (till 1147 the Almoravid emirate, later the Almohad caliphate)
23. Kingdom of Armenia Minor
24. Sultanate of the Great Seljuks
25. Khwarizm (shah)
26. Gurid sultanate
27. Kara-Khitan khanate
28. Idykut of Uighuria
29. Tangut kingdom
30. Kin Empire (Jin)
31. Fatimid caliphate
32. Tribal union of Bahrein Beduin
33. Song Empire
34. Korio kingdom
35. "Zubu" tribal union
36. Kerman
Links
Follow pages refer to this map:
- Gumilev L.N. Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. The trefoil of the bird's eye view. 8. Loss of a Dream (1218≈1259).
- Gumilev L.N. Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. The trefoil of the bird's eye view. 9. Dealing with the Conquerors (1259≈1312).
- Gumilev L.N. Searches for an Imaginary Kingdom: The Legend of the Kingdom of Prester John. The Trefoil of the Tree of Thought. 14. A Space-Time Scheme.
Map was created by A. Rodionov in 2008 with help by the original procedure (in Russian).
Эта страница была последний раз обновлена 09/17/08.
