The Mediterranean in 1812
1812 is Napoleon's empire at its height. This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1812
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- First French Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Italian Republic
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Principality of Wallachia
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Bessarabia
- Serbs
- Helvetic Republic
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Regensberg
- Principality of Guria
- Grand Duchy of Würzburg
- Principality of Svaneti
- Septinsular Republic
- Confederation of the Rhine
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Duchy of Nassau
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1787
First French Empire · Austrian Empire · Emirate of Diriyah · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Italian Republic · Kingdom of Bavaria · Bessarabia · Serbs · Helvetic Republic · Qajar Dynasty · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Principality of Regensberg · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Septinsular Republic · Confederation of the Rhine · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Kingdom of Great Britain · Duchy of Warsaw · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Duchy of Nassau
Gone from the map by 1837
First French Empire · Emirate of Diriyah · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Italian Republic · Bessarabia · Helvetic Republic · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Regensberg · Principality of Guria · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Principality of Svaneti · Septinsular Republic · Confederation of the Rhine · Duchy of Warsaw · Principality of Liechtenstein
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1812
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.