The Mediterranean in 1450
This map shows the 59 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1450
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ottoman Empire
- House of Habsburg
- Crown of Castile
- Marinid Sultanate
- Crimean Khanate
- Crown of Aragon
- Golden Horde
- Kingdom of France
- House of Jagiellon
- Qara Qoyunlu
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Beylik of Karaman
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Serbian Empire
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Republic of Venice
- House of Valois-Anjou
- Kingdom of Bosnia
- Beylik of Isfendiyar
- Duchy of Burgundy
- Papal States
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Duchy of Brittany
- House of Bourbon
- Kingdom of England
- Ambrosian Republic
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Empire of Trebizond
- Emirate of Granada
- Republic of Genoa
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Byzantine Empire
- County of Périgord
- Electorate of Trier
- County of Maine
- County of Nevers
- Republic of Florence
- Swiss Confederation
- County of Armagnac
- County of Foix
- County of Touraine
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Despotate of Epirus
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- County of Béarn
- Comtat Venaissin
- Duchy of Styria
- Republic of Ragusa
- Principality of Theodoro
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1400
Crimean Khanate · House of Jagiellon · Aq Qoyunlu · Ambrosian Republic · County of Maine · County of Nevers · Electorate of Brandenburg
Gone from the map by 1500
Marinid Sultanate · Qara Qoyunlu · Beylik of Karaman · Serbian Empire · House of Valois-Anjou · Kingdom of Bosnia · Beylik of Isfendiyar · Duchy of Burgundy · Duchy of Brittany · Kingdom of England · Ambrosian Republic · Empire of Trebizond · Emirate of Granada · Byzantine Empire · County of Périgord · County of Maine · County of Armagnac · County of Touraine · Kingdom of Cyprus · Despotate of Epirus · Electorate of Brandenburg · County of Béarn · Principality of Theodoro
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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.