Middle East & North Africa in 1870
This map shows the 37 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 1870
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Khedivate of Egypt
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Emirate of Nejd
- Russian Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- French Africa
- Khanate of Khiva
- Morocco
- British Colonial Empire
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Bornu Empire
- British Raj
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Sultanate of Oman
- Beylik of Tunis
- Imamate of Yemen
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Trucial States
- First Hellenic Republic
- Second French Empire
- Papal States
- Qatar Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Montenegro
- Kuwait
- Austria-Hungary
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- British Cape Colony
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1845
Khedivate of Egypt · French Africa · British Colonial Empire · Emirate of Afghanistan · Kingdom of Italy · British Raj · Second French Empire · Montenegro · Austria-Hungary
Gone from the map by 1895
Khedivate of Egypt · Khanate of Khiva · British Colonial Empire · Sultanate of Darfur · Bornu Empire · Beylik of Tunis · Imamate of Yemen · Trucial States · Second French Empire · Papal States · Spanish Empire · Kuwait · British Cape Colony · House of Khalifa
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1870
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.