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Central Asia in 1450

This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1450 with 14 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 Central Asia in 1450

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Khanate of Sibir
  • Timurid Empire
  • Chagatai Khanate
  • Four Oirats
  • Nogai Horde
  • Tibet
  • Golden Horde
  • Qara Qoyunlu
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Khanate of Kazan
  • Kashmiri Sultanate
  • Shirvan
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Aq Qoyunlu

New on the map since 1400

Khanate of Sibir · Four Oirats · Nogai Horde · Qara Qoyunlu · Khanate of Kazan · Shirvan · Aq Qoyunlu

Gone from the map by 1500

Chagatai Khanate · Four Oirats · Qara Qoyunlu · Ming Dynasty

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1450

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.