Africa in 1860
This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 1860
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Nejd
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Qajar Dynasty
- Sokoto Caliphate
- British Cape Colony
- Morocco
- Merina Kingdom
- French Africa
- South African Republic
- Napoleonic Batavia Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Ashanti Empire
- Free Orange State
- Beylik of Tunis
- Massina Empire
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Republic of Liberia
- Imamate of Yemen
- Kingdom of Spain
- Majeerteen Sultanate
- Trucial States
- Natalia Republic
- People's Republic of Zanzibar
- Zululand
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- First Hellenic Republic
- Spanish Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Qatar Dynasty
- Kuwait
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- House of Khalifa
New on the map since 1835
Ottoman Tripolitania · French Africa · South African Republic · Free Orange State · Republic of Liberia · Majeerteen Sultanate · Natalia Republic · People's Republic of Zanzibar · Kingdom of Sardinia
Gone from the map by 1885
Muhammad Ali dynasty · British Cape Colony · Napoleonic Batavia Republic · Sultanate of Darfur · Beylik of Tunis · Massina Empire · Imamate of Yemen · Kingdom of Sardinia · Spanish Empire · Khanate of Khiva · Kuwait
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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.