East Asia in 1530
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 1530
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Khanate
- Ming Dynasty
- Tibet
- Shan States
- Lan Xang
- Warring States Japan
- Joseon
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Đại Việt
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- First Toungoo Empire
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Prome Kingdom
- Maynila
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Tondo
New on the map since 1505
Đại Việt · Maynila
Gone from the map by 1555
Hanthawaddy Kingdom · Prome Kingdom
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Other regions in 1530
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.