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Southeast Asia in 1650

This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1650 with 38 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 1650

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Southern Ming
  • 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
  • Dutch Republic
  • Mataram Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Mughal Empire
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Sultanate of Banjar
  • Sultanate of Cirebon
  • Sultanate of Perak
  • Patani Kingdom
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Balinese Kingdom
  • Blambangan Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Đại Việt
  • Sultanate of Bima
  • Sultanate of Sukadana
  • Kutai Kingdom
  • 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 1625

Southern Ming · Portuguese Colonies · Sultanate of Bima · Kutai Kingdom

Gone from the map by 1675

Chámpa · Sultanate of Gowa

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1650

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.