Southeast Asia in 1520
This map shows the 31 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1520
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- Khmer Empire
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Lê Dynasty
- Shan States
- Ava Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sultanate of Palembang
- First Toungoo Empire
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Sunda Kingdom
- Demak Sultanate
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Portuguese Empire
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Prome Kingdom
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
- Chámpa
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Balinese Kingdom
- Rajahnate of Cebu
- Tondo
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Namayan
New on the map since 1495
First Toungoo Empire · Blambangan Kingdom · Portuguese Empire · Sultanate of Aceh · Balinese Kingdom · Rajahnate of Cebu · Sultanate of Bone · Sultanate of Gowa
Gone from the map by 1545
Ava Kingdom · Sultanate of Bengal · Samudera Pasai Sultanate
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1520
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.