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Southeast Asia in 1510

This map shows the 26 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1510 with 26 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 1510

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ming Dynasty
  • Lan Xang
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Khmer Empire
  • Lê Dynasty
  • Shan States
  • Ava Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Majapahit
  • Hanthawaddy Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Palembang
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Lan Na Kingdom
  • Sunda Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Bengal
  • Prome Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Samudera Pasai Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Cirebon
  • Chámpa
  • Demak Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Rajahnate of Cebu
  • Tondo
  • Namayan

New on the map since 1485

First Toungoo Empire · Rajahnate of Cebu

Gone from the map by 1535

Ava Kingdom · Majapahit · Sultanate of Bengal · Samudera Pasai Sultanate

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1510

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.