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Southeast Asia in 1600

This map shows the 32 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1600 with 32 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 1600

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Ming Dynasty
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Lan Xang
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Khmer Empire
  • Sultanate of Johor
  • Spanish Empire
  • Trịnh lords
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Sultanate of Maguindanao
  • Nguyễn lords
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Sultanate of Banten
  • Sultanate of Palembang
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Lan Na
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Mataram Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Banjar
  • Sultanate of Cirebon
  • Blambangan Kingdom
  • Mughal Empire
  • Sultanate of Perak
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Patani Kingdom
  • Đại Việt
  • Chámpa
  • Balinese Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Bone
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Sultanate of Gowa
  • Tokugawa Shogunate

New on the map since 1575

Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Na · Mataram Sultanate · Mughal Empire · Tokugawa Shogunate

Gone from the map by 1625

Lan Na

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1600

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.