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The Mediterranean in 1700

This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1700 with 38 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 1700

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 1675

Duchy of Lorraine

Gone from the map by 1725

House of Savoy · Tsardom of Russia · Kingdom of Kartli

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Other regions in 1700

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.