Central Asia in 1789
1789 is the year the French Revolution began. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 1789
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Kazakh Khanate
- Russian Empire
- Durrani Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Khanate of Khiva
- Tibet
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Zand Dynasty
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Ottoman Empire
- Sikh Confederacy
New on the map since 1764
Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Bukhara · Sikh Confederacy
Gone from the map by 1814
Tibet · Khanates of the Caucasus · Zand Dynasty · Kingdom of Georgia · Sikh Confederacy
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Other regions in 1789
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.