Africa in 1850
This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Qajar Dynasty
- British Cape Colony
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Emirate of Nejd
- Morocco
- Merina Kingdom
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- French Africa
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Omani Slave Coast
- Ashanti Empire
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Republic of Liberia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Kingdom of Spain
- Trucial States
- Natalia Republic
- Zululand
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- First Hellenic Republic
- Qatar Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Sultanate of Oman
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kuwait
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Danish India
- House of Khalifa
New on the map since 1825
Ottoman Tripolitania · French Africa · Republic of Liberia · Natalia Republic · Sultanate of Oman
Gone from the map by 1875
Muhammad Ali dynasty · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Omani Slave Coast · Massina Empire · Imamate of Yemen · Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Spanish Empire · Sultanate of Oman · Khanate of Khiva · Kuwait · Danish India
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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.