Central Asia in 1453
1453 is the year Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1453
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 1403
Khanate of Sibir · Nogai Horde · Qara Qoyunlu · Khanate of Kazan · Shirvan · Aq Qoyunlu
Gone from the map by 1503
Chagatai Khanate · Four Oirats · Golden Horde · Qara Qoyunlu · Ming Dynasty
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1453
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.