Africa in 1789
1789 is the year the French Revolution began. This map shows the 34 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1789
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Qajar Dynasty
- Morocco
- Bornu Empire
- Zand Dynasty
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Qasimids
- Ashanti Empire
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Beylik of Tunis
- Oyo Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Bamana Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Spanish Empire
- Freetown Colony
- Kuwait
- New France
- French India
- House of Khalifa
- Republic of Venice
- Danish India
- British Colonial Empire
New on the map since 1764
Qajar Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus · Bamana Empire · Freetown Colony · House of Khalifa
Gone from the map by 1814
Zand Dynasty · Dutch Cape Coast · Qasimids · Khanates of the Caucasus · Freetown Colony · New France · Republic of Venice · British Colonial Empire
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 1789
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.