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Central Asia in 1620

This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1620 with 15 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 1620

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Eastern Moghulistan
  • Golden Horde
  • Tibet
  • Mughal Empire
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Oirat Confederation
  • Khoshut Khanate
  • Western Moghulistan
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Tümed
  • Small Horde
  • Ottoman Empire

New on the map since 1595

Oirat Confederation

Gone from the map by 1645

Western Moghulistan · Small Horde

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1620

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.