The Mediterranean in 1790
This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1790
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Russian Empire
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Papal States
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Republic of Genoa
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Principality of Svaneti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- British Colonial Empire
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1765
Emirate of Diriyah
Gone from the map by 1815
Habsburg Monarchy · Kingdom of France · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Duchy of Bavaria · Republic of Venice · Kingdom of Georgia · Khanates of the Caucasus · Republic of Genoa · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Mingrelia · Comtat Venaissin · Republic of Ragusa · Principality of Monaco · County of Urgell · British Colonial Empire · Principality of Liechtenstein
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Other regions in 1790
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.