The Mediterranean in 1580
This map shows the 31 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1580
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Saadi Sultanate
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Principality of Transylvania
- Crimean Khanate
- Small Horde
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- House of Bourbon
- Principality of Wallachia
- Don Cossacks
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Papal States
- House of Savoy
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Safavid Dynasty
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Tsardom of Russia
- Republic of Genoa
- Portuguese Africa
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Spanish Empire
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1555
Saadi Sultanate · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Principality of Transylvania · Small Horde · House of Savoy · Tsardom of Russia
Gone from the map by 1605
Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Portugal · House of Bourbon · Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Africa
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1580
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.