Central Asia in 1780
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 1780
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
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Ottoman Empire
- Sikh Confederacy
New on the map since 1755
Sikh Confederacy
Gone from the map by 1805
Zand Dynasty · Tibet · Khanate of Bukhara · Khanates of the Caucasus · Kingdom of Georgia · Sikh Confederacy
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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.