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The Mediterranean in 1683

1683 is the year of the second siege of Vienna. This map shows the 40 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1683 with 40 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 1683

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 1658

Morocco · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Principality of Upper Hungary · Sloboda Ukraine · English Colonial Empire

Gone from the map by 1708

Principality of Transylvania · Principality of Upper Hungary · Kingdom of Kartli · English Colonial Empire

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1683

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.