The Mediterranean in 1820
This map shows the 41 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1820
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Moldavia
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Papal States
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Principality of Abkhazia
- German Confederation
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Netherlands
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Principality of Svaneti
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Free City of Krakow
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Duchy of Nassau
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Principality of Lichtenberg
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Free City of Frankfurt
New on the map since 1795
Austrian Empire · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Bavaria · Serbs · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · German Confederation · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Netherlands · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Free City of Krakow · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Duchy of Nassau · Kingdom of Monaco · Principality of Andorra · Principality of Lichtenberg · Duchy of Oldenburg · Free City of Frankfurt
Gone from the map by 1845
Karamanli Dynasty · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria · Principality of Svaneti · Principality of Lichtenberg
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Other regions in 1820
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.