Central Asia in 1500
This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kazakh Khanate
- Mongol Khanate
- Timurid Empire
- Moghulistan
- Khanate of Sibir
- Nogai Horde
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Tibet
- Shaybanids
- 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 1475
Shaybanids · Eastern Chagatai Khanate
Gone from the map by 1525
Moghulistan · Aq Qoyunlu · Shaybanids · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Golden Horde · Kapisa
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Central Asia in other years
Other regions in 1500
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.