Africa in 1400
This map shows the 34 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1400
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mali Empire
- Timurid Empire
- Marinid Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Jalayirid Sultanate
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Alodia
- Ifat Sultanate
- Qara Qoyunlu
- Germiyanids
- Crown of Castile
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Beylik of Karaman
- Beylik of Teke
- Emirate of Granada
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Crown of Aragon
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Achaea
- Bornu Empire
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Beylik of Aydin
- Beylik of Menteshe
- Byzantine Empire
- Republic of Genoa
- House of Tocco
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Naples
New on the map since 1350
Timurid Empire · Zayyanid dynasty · Qara Qoyunlu · Ramadanid Emirate · Crown of Aragon · Principality of Achaea · Bornu Empire · Republic of Genoa · House of Tocco
Gone from the map by 1450
Jalayirid Sultanate · Makuria · Ifat Sultanate · Germiyanids · Beylik of Teke · Principality of Achaea · Beylik of Aydin · Beylik of Menteshe · House of Tocco · Kingdom of Naples
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.