The Mediterranean in 1840
This map shows the 43 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1840
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Emirate of Nejd
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Principality of Moldavia
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Papal States
- French Algiers
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Qajar Dynasty
- German Confederation
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Netherlands
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Caucasian Imamate
- Free City of Krakow
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Duchy of Nassau
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Free City of Frankfurt
New on the map since 1815
Ottoman Tripolitania · Emirate of Nejd · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · First Hellenic Republic · French Algiers · Kingdom of Belgium · Caucasian Imamate · Duchy of Oldenburg · Free City of Frankfurt
Gone from the map by 1865
Bourbon Kingdom of France · Regency of Algiers · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Sardinia · Principality of Wallachia · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Principality of Moldavia · French Algiers · German Confederation · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Caucasian Imamate · Free City of Krakow · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Kingdom of Prussia
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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.