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East Asia in 1400

This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 1400 with 18 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 East Asia in 1400

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ming Dynasty
  • Northern Yuan
  • Tibet
  • Lan Xang
  • Ashikaga Shogunate
  • Shan States
  • Joseon
  • Ava Kingdom
  • Ngô Dynasty
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Hanthawaddy Kingdom
  • Sukhothai Kingdom
  • Lan Na Kingdom
  • Chámpa
  • Hokuzan
  • Chüzan
  • Nanzan
  • Tondo

New on the map since 1350

Ming Dynasty · Northern Yuan · Tibet · Lan Xang · Joseon · Ava Kingdom · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Tondo

Gone from the map by 1450

Northern Yuan · Ngô Dynasty · Sukhothai Kingdom · Hokuzan · Chüzan · Nanzan

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1400

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.