East Asia in 1500
This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Mongol Khanate
- Tibet
- Lan Xang
- Warring States Japan
- Joseon
- Shan States
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Ava Kingdom
- Lê Dynasty
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Prome Kingdom
- Ryukyu Kingdom
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Tondo
New on the map since 1475
Prome Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1525
Ryukyu Kingdom
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1500
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.