The Mediterranean in 1900
This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- French Africa
- Russian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- French Third Republic
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- British Africa
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Italy
- German Empire
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Portugal
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Swiss Confederation
- Qajar Dynasty
- Montenegro
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Cretan State
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Emirate of Nejd
New on the map since 1875
Kingdom of Spain · British Africa · Principality of Bulgaria · Cretan State · Luxembourg
Gone from the map by 1925
Ottoman Empire · Russian Empire · Austria-Hungary · Ottoman Tripolitania · Morocco · German Empire · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Kingdom of Portugal · Serbs · Qajar Dynasty · Montenegro · Cretan State · Netherlands
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Other regions in 1900
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.