Middle East & North Africa in 1560
This map shows the 32 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 1560
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Saadi Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Bornu Empire
- Mali Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Kazakh Khanate
- Papal States
- Republic of Venice
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Genoa
- Spanish Empire
- Sultanate of Harar
- Republic of Florence
- Principality of Guria
- House of Bourbon
- Portuguese Africa
- Republic of Ragusa
- Portuguese Empire
- Principality of Abkhazia
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1535
Saadi Sultanate · Sultanate of Harar · House of Bourbon
Gone from the map by 1585
Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Portugal · Hafsid Dynasty · Kingdom of Georgia · Kingdom of Kakheti · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Mingrelia · Sultanate of Harar · Principality of Guria · Portuguese Africa · Portuguese Empire · Principality of Abkhazia
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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.