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Central Asia in 1690

This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1690 with 13 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 1690

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Dzungar Khanate
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Tibet
  • Mughal Empire
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Tümed
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Khoshut Khanate
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Astrakhan Khanate

New on the map since 1665

Dzungar Khanate

Gone from the map by 1715

Tümed · Khoshut Khanate

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1690

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.