Middle East & North Africa in 1453
1453 is the year Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. This map shows the 44 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1453
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Timurid Empire
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Mali Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Qara Qoyunlu
- Marinid Sultanate
- Crown of Castile
- Rasulid Dynasty
- Crown of Aragon
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria Kingdom
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Alodia
- Beylik of Karaman
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Ethiopian Empire
- Nogai Horde
- Mahdids
- Beylik of Isfendiyar
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Shirvan
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Empire of Trebizond
- Emirate of Granada
- Serbian Empire
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Byzantine Empire
- Papal States
- Republic of Venice
- Adal Sultanate
- Republic of Genoa
- Bornu Empire
- Kingdom of Cyprus
- Despotate of Epirus
- County of Foix
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Duchy of Saint Sava
- Kingdom of France
- Republic of Florence
- Republic of Ragusa
- Kingdom of Bosnia
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1403
Qara Qoyunlu · Aq Qoyunlu · Makuria Kingdom · Nogai Horde · Shirvan · Byzantine Empire · Adal Sultanate · Duchy of Saint Sava
Gone from the map by 1503
Qara Qoyunlu · Marinid Sultanate · Rasulid Dynasty · Beylik of Karaman · Beylik of Isfendiyar · Empire of Trebizond · Emirate of Granada · Serbian Empire · Byzantine Empire · Kingdom of Cyprus · Despotate of Epirus · Duchy of Saint Sava · Kingdom of Bosnia
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1453
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.