Central Asia in 1492
1492 is the year Columbus reached the Americas. This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1492
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kazakh Khanate
- Mongol Khanate
- Moghulistan
- Timurid Empire
- Khanate of Sibir
- Nogai Horde
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Tibet
- Eastern Chagatai Khanate
- Khanate of Kazan
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Golden Horde
- Kapisa
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Shirvan
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Kingdom of Georgia
New on the map since 1442
Kazakh Khanate · Mongol Khanate · Moghulistan · Nogai Horde · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Astrakhan Khanate · Kapisa · Kingdom of Kakheti
Gone from the map by 1542
Moghulistan · Timurid Empire · Aq Qoyunlu · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Golden Horde · Kapisa · Shirvan
Animated maps of this time
Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1492
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.