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Middle East & North Africa in 1400

This map shows the 61 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1400 with 61 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1400

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Timurid Empire
  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Mali Empire
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Marinid Sultanate
  • Crown of Castile
  • Rasulid Dynasty
  • Jalayirid Sultanate
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Golden Horde
  • Makuria
  • Qara Qoyunlu
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Zayyanid dynasty
  • Germiyanids
  • Alodia
  • Beylik of Karaman
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Kingdom of Naples
  • Mahdids
  • Bahrani Dynasty
  • Beylik of Isfendiyar
  • Blue Horde
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Beylik of Teke
  • Beylik of Dulkadir
  • Emirate of Granada
  • Empire of Trebizond
  • Ramadanid Emirate
  • Serbian Despots
  • Republic of Venice
  • Giudicato of Arborea
  • Papal States
  • Beylik of Saruhan
  • Albanian Principalities
  • Principality of Achaea
  • Despotate of Epirus
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Byzantine Empire
  • Despotate of Arta
  • Bornu Empire
  • Kingdom of Cyprus
  • Serbian Empire
  • Beylik of Aydin
  • Kingdom of Navarre
  • Beylik of Menteshe
  • Principality of Valona and Kanina
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Kingdom of Bosnia
  • County of Foix
  • Kingdom of France
  • County of Béarn
  • House of Tocco
  • County of Armagnac
  • Ifat Sultanate
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • County of Urgell
  • Republic of Pisa
  • Kingdom of Hungary
  • Despotate of Vidin

New on the map since 1350

Timurid Empire · Qara Qoyunlu · Zayyanid dynasty · Blue Horde · Ramadanid Emirate · Serbian Despots · Albanian Principalities · Principality of Achaea · Despotate of Epirus · Despotate of Arta · Bornu Empire · Serbian Empire · Principality of Valona and Kanina · Kingdom of Bosnia · County of Béarn · House of Tocco · County of Armagnac · Republic of Ragusa · Kingdom of Hungary · Despotate of Vidin

Gone from the map by 1450

Jalayirid Sultanate · Golden Horde · Makuria · Germiyanids · Kingdom of Naples · Blue Horde · Beylik of Teke · Serbian Despots · Giudicato of Arborea · Beylik of Saruhan · Albanian Principalities · Principality of Achaea · Despotate of Arta · Beylik of Aydin · Kingdom of Navarre · Beylik of Menteshe · Principality of Valona and Kanina · House of Tocco · County of Armagnac · Ifat Sultanate · Republic of Pisa · Kingdom of Hungary · Despotate of Vidin

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1400

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.