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East Asia in 1630

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

Map of East Asia in 1630 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 1630

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Golden Horde
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Mongol Khanate
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Tibet
  • Tümed
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Lan Xang
  • Joseon
  • Later Jin Dynasty
  • Khoshut Khanate
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Trịnh lords
  • Spanish Empire
  • Nguyễn lords
  • Đại Việt
  • Dutch Republic
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U

New on the map since 1605

Later Jin Dynasty · Dutch Republic

Gone from the map by 1655

Ming Dynasty · Mongol Khanate · Later Jin Dynasty

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 1630

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.