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The Mediterranean in 1760

This map shows the 44 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1760 with 44 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 1760

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 1735

Zand Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus · Corsican Republic

Gone from the map by 1785

Crimean Khanate · Kalmyk Khanate · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Astrakhan Khanate · Sloboda Ukraine · Corsican Republic · Kingdom of Kakheti · Spanish Empire · Portuguese Empire

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Other regions in 1760

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.