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The Mediterranean in 1610

This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1610 with 28 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1610

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Iberian Union
  • Kingdom of France
  • Saadi Sultanate
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Principality of Transylvania
  • Small Horde
  • Principality of Moldavia
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Principality of Wallachia
  • Don Cossacks
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Republic of Venice
  • Swiss Confederation
  • Papal States
  • House of Savoy
  • Duchy of Bavaria
  • Republic of Florence
  • Duchy of Lorraine
  • Electorate of Trier
  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Spanish Empire
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • County of Urgell

Gone from the map by 1635

Electorate of Trier

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1610

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.