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Southeast Asia in 1700

This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1700 with 36 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 1700

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • First Toungoo Empire
  • Lan Xang
  • Ayutthaya Kingdom
  • Spanish Empire
  • Khmer Empire
  • Sultanate of Johor
  • Dutch Republic
  • Trịnh lords
  • Nguyễn lords
  • Cambodia
  • Mughal Empire
  • Sultanate of Palembang
  • Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • Sultanate of Banten
  • Mataram Sultanate
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Sultanate of Aceh
  • Sultanate of Banjar
  • Sultanate of Jambi
  • Sultanate of Perak
  • Portuguese Colonies
  • Blambangan Kingdom
  • Sultanate of Kedah
  • Sultanate of Bima
  • Sultanate of Sukadana
  • Kutai Kingdom
  • Bali
  • Sultanate of Sambas
  • Đại Việt
  • Sultanate of Bone
  • Sultanate of Mempawah
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Sultanate of Maguindanao

New on the map since 1675

Cambodia · Bali

Gone from the map by 1725

Lan Xang · Mughal Empire

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Southeast Asia in other years

Other regions in 1700

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.