Southeast Asia in 1453
1453 is the year Constantinople fell to the Ottomans. This map shows the 20 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1453
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
- Sukhothai Kingdom
New on the map since 1403
Lê Dynasty · Kingdom of Mrauk U
Gone from the map by 1503
Sukhothai Kingdom
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1453
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.