The Mediterranean in 1871
1871 is the year Germany was unified. This map shows the 27 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1871
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- French Third Republic
- French Africa
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Italy
- German Empire
- Khedivate of Egypt
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Qajar Dynasty
- Emirate of Nejd
- Montenegro
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Netherlands
- Spanish Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1846
Austria-Hungary · French Third Republic · French Africa · Kingdom of Italy · German Empire · Khedivate of Egypt · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Montenegro · Spanish Empire
Gone from the map by 1896
Khedivate of Egypt · Beylik of Tunis · Qajar Dynasty · Spanish Empire
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1871
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.