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Africa in 1760

This map shows the 29 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.

Map of Africa in 1760 with 29 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Africa in 1760

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Zand Dynasty
  • Funj Sultanate
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Morocco
  • Bornu Empire
  • Sultanate of Darfur
  • Wadai Empire
  • Regency of Algiers
  • Ashanti Empire
  • Qasimids
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Kingdom of Lunda
  • Karamanli Dynasty
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Oyo Empire
  • Dutch Cape Coast
  • Sultanate of Oman
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Spanish Empire
  • Emirate of Diriyah
  • Kuwait
  • New France
  • British Colonial Empire
  • French India
  • Republic of Venice
  • Danish India
  • Bahrain

New on the map since 1735

Zand Dynasty · Sultanate of Oman · Emirate of Diriyah · Kuwait · Bahrain

Gone from the map by 1785

Bahrain

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Africa in other years

Other regions in 1760

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.