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The Mediterranean in 1650

This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1650 with 36 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 1650

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Kingdom of France
  • Saadi Sultanate
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Principality of Transylvania
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Small Horde
  • Principality of Moldavia
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Principality of Wallachia
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Duchy of Bavaria
  • Republic of Venice
  • Swiss Confederation
  • Papal States
  • House of Savoy
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Republic of Florence
  • Duchy of Lorraine
  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Kingdom of Kartli
  • Principality of Mingrelia
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Kingdom of Imereti
  • Principality of Abkhazia
  • Principality of Guria
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Portuguese Empire
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • Spanish Empire
  • Principality of Monaco
  • County of Urgell

New on the map since 1625

Kingdom of Spain · Kalmyk Khanate · Astrakhan Khanate · Kingdom of Portugal · Portuguese Empire · Principality of Monaco

Gone from the map by 1675

Duchy of Lorraine

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1650

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.