Africa in 1540
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1540
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Adal Sultanate
- Wattasid dynasty
- Mali Empire
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Bornu Empire
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Portuguese Africa
- Republic of Venice
- Spanish Empire
New on the map since 1515
Kingdom of Spain · Spanish Empire
Gone from the map by 1565
Adal Sultanate · Wattasid dynasty · Zayyanid dynasty
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Other regions in 1540
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.