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The Mediterranean in 1346

1346 is the year before the Black Death reached Europe. This map shows the 75 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1346 with 75 states and peoples
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1346

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Golden Horde
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Marinid Sultanate
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Crown of Castile
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Kingdom of France
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Germiyanids
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Jalayirid Sultanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Second Bulgarian Empire
  • Kingdom of Serbia
  • Beylik of Karaman
  • House of Habsburg
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Principality of Wallachia
  • Kingdom of Naples
  • Kingdom of Bohemia
  • Beylik of Isfendiyar
  • Galicia-Volhynia
  • Papal States
  • Margraviate of Brandenburg
  • Banate of Bosnia
  • Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
  • Kingdom of England
  • Duchy of Brittany
  • Beylik of Teke
  • Capetian House of Anjou
  • Beylik of Dulkadir
  • Emirate of Granada
  • Empire of Trebizond
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Chobanids
  • Kingdom of Sicily
  • Republic of Pisa
  • Republic of Venice
  • Kingdom of Arles
  • House of Bourbon
  • County of Auvergne
  • Electorate of Trier
  • Free County of Burgundy
  • Kingdom of Poland
  • County of Savoy
  • County of Flanders
  • Beylik of Saruhan
  • Republic of Florence
  • Kingdom of Navarre
  • Duchy of Aquitaine
  • Catalan Company
  • Dauphiné
  • Patriarchate of Aquileia
  • County of Périgord
  • County of Foix
  • Kingdom of Cyprus
  • Beylik of Aydin
  • County of Armagnac
  • Beylik of Menteshe
  • Ahi Republic
  • House of Luxembourg
  • Swiss Confederation
  • County of Blôis
  • Giudicato of Arborea
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Principality of Theodoro
  • Commune of the Zealots
  • County of Ampuria
  • Principality of Valona
  • County of Urgell
  • Duchy of Styria
  • Principality of Orange
  • County of Holland

New on the map since 1296

Marinid Sultanate · Germiyanids · Ottoman Empire · Jalayirid Sultanate · Kingdom of Georgia · Beylik of Karaman · Principality of Wallachia · Beylik of Isfendiyar · Margraviate of Brandenburg · Beylik of Teke · Beylik of Dulkadir · Chobanids · Kingdom of Sicily · House of Bourbon · Electorate of Trier · Free County of Burgundy · Kingdom of Poland · Beylik of Saruhan · Kingdom of Navarre · Catalan Company · Beylik of Aydin · Beylik of Menteshe · Ahi Republic · Principality of Theodoro · Commune of the Zealots · Principality of Valona · County of Holland

Gone from the map by 1396

Second Bulgarian Empire · Kingdom of Serbia · Galicia-Volhynia · Margraviate of Brandenburg · Banate of Bosnia · Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · Capetian House of Anjou · Chobanids · Kingdom of Sicily · Kingdom of Arles · Free County of Burgundy · County of Flanders · Catalan Company · Dauphiné · Ahi Republic · Commune of the Zealots · County of Ampuria · Principality of Valona · County of Holland

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Other regions in 1346

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.