The Mediterranean in 1519
1519 is the year Charles V became Holy Roman Emperor. This map shows the 40 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1519
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Wattasid dynasty
- Safavid Dynasty
- Hafsid Dynasty
- House of Jagiellon
- Crimean Khanate
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Astrakhan Khanate
- County of Foix
- Republic of Genoa
- 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 1494
Kingdom of Spain · Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Africa
Gone from the map by 1544
Kingdom of Bohemia · County of Savoy · County of Nevers
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1519
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.