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Middle East & North Africa in 1510

This map shows the 40 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in 1510 with 40 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 1510

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Mamluk Sultanate
  • Safavid Dynasty
  • Shaybanids
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Songhai Empire
  • Funj Sultanate
  • Crown of Castile
  • Wattasid dynasty
  • Aq Qoyunlu
  • Tahirid Sultanate
  • Crown of Aragon
  • Hafsid Dynasty
  • Makuria Kingdom
  • Bornu Empire
  • Mali Empire
  • Zayyanid dynasty
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Ethiopian Empire
  • Nogai Horde
  • Bahrani Dynasty
  • Shirvan
  • Beylik of Dulkadir
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Ramadanid Emirate
  • Kingdom of Kakheti
  • Papal States
  • Republic of Venice
  • Adal Sultanate
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Kingdom of Imereti
  • County of Foix
  • Principality of Mingrelia
  • Portuguese Africa
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Principality of Guria
  • Kingdom of France
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • Principality of Abkhazia
  • County of Urgell
  • Republic of Florence

New on the map since 1485

Safavid Dynasty · Shaybanids · Funj Sultanate · Portuguese Africa

Gone from the map by 1535

Mamluk Sultanate · Shaybanids · Crown of Castile · Aq Qoyunlu · Tahirid Sultanate · Crown of Aragon · Makuria Kingdom · Nogai Horde · Bahrani Dynasty · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in 1510

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.