Africa in 1710
This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1710
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Qasimids
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Beylik of Tunis
- Oyo Empire
- Ashanti Empire
- Yarubid dynasty
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Portuguese Empire
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Portugal
- French India
- Spanish Empire
- New France
- British Colonial Empire
- English Colonial Empire
- Brandenburg-Prussia
- Danish India
- Saadi Sultanate
New on the map since 1685
Regency of Algiers · Kingdom of Lunda · Beylik of Tunis · Ashanti Empire · Yarubid dynasty · British Colonial Empire
Gone from the map by 1735
Safavid Dynasty · English Colonial Empire · Brandenburg-Prussia
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Other regions in 1710
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.