<Tr> <Td> Europe and the Mediterranean region, c. 1328 <Table> <Tr> <Td> Western / Central Europe Holy Roman Empire France Gascony Bohemia Eastern Europe Teutonic Order Golden Horde G. Horde Vassals Genovese Prov . Ruthenia / Galicia Poland Mazovia Wallachia Habsburg Hungary and Croatia Lithuania Italian peninsula Sicilies Naples Papal states Sardinia Venice Genoa </Td> <Td> Iberian peninsula Aragon Majorca Portugal Castile Navarre Granada Scandinavia Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden British Isles England and Wales Ireland Scotland </Td> <Td> Balkans / Middle East Ragusa Cataro Achaia Duchy of Athens Byzantine Empire Mameluke Empire Serbia Turkic states Bosnia Venetian Crete Knights of St. John Vidin Bulgaria Cyprus Ilkhan Empire Georgia Trebizond North Africa Tunis Marinids Zayyanids Hafsids </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> Western / Central Europe Holy Roman Empire France Gascony Bohemia Eastern Europe Teutonic Order Golden Horde G. Horde Vassals Genovese Prov . Ruthenia / Galicia Poland Mazovia Wallachia Habsburg Hungary and Croatia Lithuania Italian peninsula Sicilies Naples Papal states Sardinia Venice Genoa </Td> <Td> Iberian peninsula Aragon Majorca Portugal Castile Navarre Granada Scandinavia Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden British Isles England and Wales Ireland Scotland </Td> <Td> Balkans / Middle East Ragusa Cataro Achaia Duchy of Athens Byzantine Empire Mameluke Empire Serbia Turkic states Bosnia Venetian Crete Knights of St. John Vidin Bulgaria Cyprus Ilkhan Empire Georgia Trebizond North Africa Tunis Marinids Zayyanids Hafsids </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> Western / Central Europe Holy Roman Empire France Gascony Bohemia Eastern Europe Teutonic Order Golden Horde G. Horde Vassals Genovese Prov . Ruthenia / Galicia Poland Mazovia Wallachia Habsburg Hungary and Croatia Lithuania Italian peninsula Sicilies Naples Papal states Sardinia Venice Genoa </Td> <Td> Iberian peninsula Aragon Majorca Portugal Castile Navarre Granada Scandinavia Denmark Iceland Norway Sweden British Isles England and Wales Ireland Scotland </Td> <Td> Balkans / Middle East Ragusa Cataro Achaia Duchy of Athens Byzantine Empire Mameluke Empire Serbia Turkic states Bosnia Venetian Crete Knights of St. John Vidin Bulgaria Cyprus Ilkhan Empire Georgia Trebizond North Africa Tunis Marinids Zayyanids Hafsids </Td> </Tr> <P> The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European history lasting from 1250 to 1500 AD . The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern era (and, in much of Europe, the Renaissance). </P>

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