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Central Asia in 1760

This map shows the 16 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in 1760 with 16 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 1760

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Kazakh Khanate
  • Russian Empire
  • Durrani Empire
  • Zand Dynasty
  • Khanate of Khiva
  • Tibet
  • Khanate of Bukhara
  • Khanate of Kokand
  • Khanates of the Caucasus
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Kingdom of Kakheti
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Mughal Empire

New on the map since 1735

Durrani Empire · Zand Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus

Gone from the map by 1785

Kalmyk Khanate · Kingdom of Kakheti · Astrakhan Khanate · Mughal Empire

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in 1760

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.