Southeast Asia in 1530
This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1530
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- Shan States
- Khmer Empire
- Sultanate of Johor
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Đại Việt
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sultanate of Palembang
- First Toungoo Empire
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Demak Sultanate
- Sunda Kingdom
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Sultanate of Perak
- Prome Kingdom
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Portuguese Empire
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Sultanate of Banten
- Chámpa
- Balinese Kingdom
- Rajahnate of Cebu
- Tondo
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Namayan
- Maynila
New on the map since 1505
Sultanate of Johor · Đại Việt · Sultanate of Maguindanao · Sultanate of Banjar · Blambangan Kingdom · Sultanate of Aceh · Sultanate of Perak · Portuguese Empire · Sultanate of Banten · Balinese Kingdom · Sultanate of Bone · Sultanate of Gowa · Maynila
Gone from the map by 1555
Hanthawaddy Kingdom · Demak Sultanate · Sultanate of Bengal · Prome Kingdom
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Other regions in 1530
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.