East Asia in 1590
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 1590
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Golden Horde
- Ming Dynasty
- Mongol Khanate
- First Toungoo Empire
- Tibet
- Tümed
- Lan Xang
- Warring States Japan
- Joseon
- Khoshut Khanate
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Spanish Empire
- Đại Việt
- Trịnh lords
- Nguyễn lords
- Maynila
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
New on the map since 1565
Khoshut Khanate · Spanish Empire · Trịnh lords · Nguyễn lords
Gone from the map by 1615
Warring States Japan · Maynila
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Other regions in 1590
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.