Southeast Asia in 1640
This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1640
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
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Banten
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Mataram Sultanate
- Dutch Republic
- Portuguese Colonies
- Mughal Empire
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Sultanate of Perak
- Patani Kingdom
- Balinese Kingdom
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Đại Việt
- Sultanate of Bima
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Chámpa
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1615
Portuguese Colonies · Sultanate of Bima · Sultanate of Sukadana · Sultanate of Sambas · Sultanate of Mempawah
Gone from the map by 1665
Ming Dynasty · Chámpa
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Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1640
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.