Middle East & North Africa in 1580
This map shows the 24 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 1580
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Spain
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Saadi Sultanate
- Bornu Empire
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khanate of Khiva
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Mali Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Papal States
- Republic of Venice
- Republic of Genoa
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Africa
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of France
- House of Bourbon
- Republic of Ragusa
- Portuguese Colonies
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1555
Saadi Sultanate · House of Bourbon · Portuguese Colonies
Gone from the map by 1605
Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Portugal · Portuguese Africa · House of Bourbon · Portuguese Colonies
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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.