The Mediterranean in 1510
This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1510
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Kingdom of France
- Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Wattasid dynasty
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Crown of Aragon
- Hafsid Dynasty
- House of Jagiellon
- Crimean Khanate
- House of Habsburg
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Safavid Dynasty
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- County of Foix
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Swiss Confederation
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Republic of Genoa
- 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
- Portuguese Africa
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1485
Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Africa
Gone from the map by 1535
Mamluk Sultanate · Crown of Castile · Aq Qoyunlu · Crown of Aragon · House of Habsburg · Kingdom of Bohemia · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate · County of Nevers
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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.