East Asia in 1560
This map shows the 18 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in East Asia in 1560
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Golden Horde
- Tümed
- Mongol Khanate
- Tibet
- Lan Xang
- Warring States Japan
- Joseon
- Shan States
- First Toungoo Empire
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lê Dynasty
- Đại Việt
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Maynila
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Tondo
New on the map since 1535
Golden Horde · Tümed
Gone from the map by 1585
Lan Xang · Shan States · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lê Dynasty · Lan Na Kingdom · Ashikaga Shogunate · Tondo
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East Asia in other years
Other regions in 1560
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.