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The Mediterranean in 1730

This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1730 with 45 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 1730

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ottoman Empire
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Kingdom of France
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Morocco
  • Regency of Algiers
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Zaporozhian Cossacks
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Small Horde
  • Principality of Moldavia
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Karamanli Dynasty
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Principality of Wallachia
  • Duchy of Bavaria
  • Republic of Venice
  • Swiss Confederation
  • Papal States
  • Sloboda Ukraine
  • Russian Empire
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Republic of Florence
  • Duchy of Lorraine
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Kingdom of Imereti
  • Principality of Abkhazia
  • Principality of Mingrelia
  • Principality of Guria
  • Kingdom of Kakheti
  • Principality of Svaneti
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • Spanish Empire
  • Portuguese Empire
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Kingdom of Prussia
  • Saadi Sultanate
  • Principality of Monaco
  • County of Urgell
  • Principality of Liechtenstein

New on the map since 1705

Regency of Algiers · Karamanli Dynasty · Beylik of Tunis · Kingdom of Sardinia · Russian Empire · Kingdom of Georgia · Duchy of Lorraine · Kingdom of Kakheti · Principality of Svaneti · British Colonial Empire · Kingdom of Prussia · Principality of Liechtenstein

Gone from the map by 1755

Small Horde · Republic of Florence · Saadi Sultanate

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Other regions in 1730

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.