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Southeast Asia in 1620

This map shows the 35 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1620 with 35 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 1620

Largest first, by area on this map.

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

New on the map since 1595

Sultanate of Sukadana · Sultanate of Sambas · Dutch Republic · Sultanate of Mempawah · Tokugawa Shogunate

Gone from the map by 1645

Ming Dynasty

Animated maps of this time

Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1620

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.