Middle East & North Africa in 1812
1812 is Napoleon's empire at its height. This map shows the 38 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 1812
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- Khanate of Khiva
- Funj Sultanate
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Durrani Empire
- Regency of Algiers
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Russian Empire
- Wadai Empire
- First French Empire
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Bornu Empire
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Bamana Empire
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Septinsular Republic
- Kazakh Khanate
- Principality of Svaneti
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Italian Republic
- British Cape Colony
- House of Khalifa
- Serbs
New on the map since 1787
Qajar Dynasty · Muhammad Ali dynasty · First French Empire · Emirate of Bukhara · Sokoto Caliphate · Septinsular Republic · Kingdom of Great Britain · Italian Republic · British Cape Colony · Serbs
Gone from the map by 1837
Emirate of Diriyah · Funj Sultanate · Durrani Empire · First French Empire · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Bamana Empire · Portuguese Empire · Principality of Guria · Principality of Abkhazia · Septinsular Republic · Principality of Svaneti · Italian Republic · Serbs
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Other regions in 1812
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.