The dry west between the highland scarp and the Mozambique Channel.
Herders, farmers, fishers and foragers (the Mikea and the Vazimba of west-coast tradition are remembered as early peoples); the western interior sites of Rezoky and Asambalahy are of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. The Sakalava kingdoms of Menabe and Boina are of the seventeenth century.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known: no leader is named for this date
- Title
- Heads of lineages, villages and clans
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
How things stand that morning
Independent.
Assemblies
Village and lineage elders settle disputes and allocate land; there is no chief over the whole people that the evidence can show for 1200.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- Through 1200No dated event is known.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Very thin for 1200.
On the map: Drawn from modern language areas, physical geography and a few dated sites; the 1200 extent is a rough guess.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.