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The Mediterranean in 1763

1763 is the end of the Seven Years' War. This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1763 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 1763

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
  • Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
  • 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
  • Duchy of Lorraine
  • 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
  • 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 1738

Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Kingdom of Georgia · Duchy of Lorraine · Zand Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus · Corsican Republic

Gone from the map by 1788

Crimean Khanate · Kalmyk Khanate · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Astrakhan Khanate · Sloboda Ukraine · Duchy of Lorraine · Zand Dynasty · Corsican Republic · Spanish Empire · Portuguese Empire

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1763

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.