Africa in 1690
This map shows the 22 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1690
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Qasimids
- Kingdom of Spain
- Oyo Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Portugal
- French India
- Spanish Empire
- New France
- Brandenburg-Prussia
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Saadi Sultanate
New on the map since 1665
Morocco · French India · Brandenburg-Prussia
Gone from the map by 1715
English Colonial Empire
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Other regions in 1690
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.