The Mediterranean in 1500
This map shows the 49 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Kingdom of France
- Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Wattasid dynasty
- House of Jagiellon
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Golden Horde
- Crown of Aragon
- Crimean Khanate
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Zayyanid dynasty
- House of Habsburg
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Moldavia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Naples
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- County of Foix
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- Samtskhe-Saatabago
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Duchy of Milan
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Republic of Genoa
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Swiss Confederation
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- County of Nevers
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Duchy of Styria
- Republic of Ragusa
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1475
Habsburg Monarchy · Duchy of Lorraine
Gone from the map by 1525
Mamluk Sultanate · Crown of Castile · Aq Qoyunlu · Golden Horde · Crown of Aragon · House of Habsburg · Kingdom of Naples · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Duchy of Milan · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate · County of Nevers · Duchy of Styria
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Other regions in 1500
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.