Africa in 1630
This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1630
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Saadi Sultanate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Iberian Union
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Spanish Empire
- Republic of Venice
- Oyo Empire
- Dutch Republic
- English Colonial Empire
New on the map since 1605
Sultanate of Darfur · Oyo Empire · Dutch Republic · English Colonial Empire
Gone from the map by 1655
Iberian Union · Dutch Republic
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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.