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Southeast Asia in 1450

This map shows the 19 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1450 with 19 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 Southeast Asia in 1450

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Majapahit
  • Ming Dynasty
  • Lan Xang
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Khmer Empire
  • Ava Kingdom
  • Shan States
  • Lê Dynasty
  • Chámpa
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Hanthawaddy Kingdom
  • Sunda Kingdom
  • Lan Na Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Bengal
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Samudera Pasai Sultanate
  • Tondo
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Namayan

New on the map since 1400

Lê Dynasty · Kingdom of Mrauk U

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1450

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.