Central Asia in 1740
This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1740
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kazakh Khanate
- Dzungar Khanate
- Russian Empire
- Afsharid Iran
- Qing Dynasty
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- Khanate of Khiva
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Ottoman Empire
- Astrakhan Khanate
New on the map since 1715
Russian Empire · Afsharid Iran
Gone from the map by 1765
Dzungar Khanate · Afsharid Iran · Mughal Empire
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Other regions in 1740
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.