Africa in 1750
This map shows the 29 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1750
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Afsharid Iran
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Zand Dynasty
- Regency of Algiers
- Qasimids
- Ashanti Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Beylik of Tunis
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Oyo Empire
- Bamana Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Spanish Empire
- Emirate of Diriyah
- New France
- British Colonial Empire
- French India
- Republic of Venice
- Danish India
New on the map since 1725
Afsharid Iran · Zand Dynasty · Sultanate of Oman · Emirate of Diriyah
Gone from the map by 1775
Afsharid Iran
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Other regions in 1750
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.