The Mediterranean in 1870
This map shows the 32 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1870
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Second French Empire
- French Africa
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Italy
- Khedivate of Egypt
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- First Hellenic Republic
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Papal States
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Nejd
- Montenegro
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Netherlands
- Spanish Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Principality of Andorra
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1845
Austria-Hungary · Second French Empire · French Africa · Kingdom of Italy · Khedivate of Egypt · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Montenegro · Spanish Empire
Gone from the map by 1895
Second French Empire · Khedivate of Egypt · Beylik of Tunis · Kingdom of Bavaria · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Papal States · Qajar Dynasty · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Spanish Empire · Duchy of Oldenburg
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Other regions in 1870
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.