Southeast Asia in 1560
This map shows the 34 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1560
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ming Dynasty
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- First Toungoo Empire
- Khmer Empire
- Sultanate of Johor
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Shan States
- Lê Dynasty
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Đại Việt
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Banten
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Sunda Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Sur Empire
- Sultanate of Perak
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Portuguese Empire
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Chámpa
- Balinese Kingdom
- Rajahnate of Cebu
- Tondo
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Namayan
- Maynila
New on the map since 1535
Sur Empire
Gone from the map by 1585
Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Xang · Shan States · Lê Dynasty · Lan Na Kingdom · Sunda Kingdom · Sur Empire · Portuguese Empire · Rajahnate of Cebu · Tondo · Namayan
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1560
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.