The Mediterranean in 1850
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 1850
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- French Second Republic
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Austrian Empire
- Morocco
- Hungarian Nationalists
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- French Africa
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Emirate of Nejd
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Papal States
- Republic of Baden
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- 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
- Duchy of Nassau
- Principality of Andorra
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Free City of Frankfurt
New on the map since 1825
French Second Republic · Ottoman Tripolitania · Hungarian Nationalists · French Africa · Republic of Baden · Kingdom of Belgium · Caucasian Imamate
Gone from the map by 1875
French Second Republic · Kingdom of Spain · Austrian Empire · Hungarian Nationalists · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Sardinia · Kingdom of Bavaria · Papal States · Republic of Baden · Kingdom of Württemberg · German Confederation · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Caucasian Imamate · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Oldenburg · Free City of Frankfurt
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1850
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.