The world in 1492
1492 is the year Columbus reached the Americas. This map shows the 129 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1492
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Khanate
- Khanate of Sibir
- Ming Dynasty
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Kazakh Khanate
- Kalmar Union
- Timurid Empire
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Tibet
- House of Jagiellon
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Moghulistan
- Ottoman Empire
- Nogai Horde
- Golden Horde
- Songhai Empire
- Kingdom of France
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Inca Empire
- Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Wattasid dynasty
- Eastern Chagatai Khanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Lan Xang
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Tahirid Sultanate
- Lodi Dynasty
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Warring States Japan
- Mali Empire
- Shan States
- Khanate of Kazan
- Khmer Empire
- Joseon
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Kingdom of England
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Makuria Kingdom
- Crimean Khanate
- Bornu Empire
- Livonian Conference
- Crown of Aragon
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Later Mayan City-States
- Lê Dynasty
- Ava Kingdom
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Adal Sultanate
- House of Habsburg
- Kapisa
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Sind-Samma Dynasty
- Alodia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Principality of Moldavia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Haudenosaunee
- Kingdom of Naples
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Republic of Venice
- Berar Sultanate
- Majapahit
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Michoacán
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Bidar Sultanate
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Shirvan
- Teutonic Order
- County of Foix
- House of Bourbon
- Ceylon
- Electorate of Saxony
- Papal States
- Samtskhe-Saatabago
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Duchy of Milan
- County of Savoy
- Sunda Kingdom
- Qasim Khanate
- Pskov Republic
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Republic of Genoa
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Ryazan
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Prome Kingdom
- County of Nevers
- County of Armagnac
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Jaffna kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Chámpa
- Demak Sultanate
- Principality of Guria
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Tondo
- Mahdids
- Comtat Venaissin
- Duchy of Styria
- Republic of Ragusa
- Ryukyu Kingdom
- Namayan
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kathmandu
- County of Auvergne
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1442
Mongol Khanate · Kazakh Khanate · House of Jagiellon · Moghulistan · Nogai Horde · Songhai Empire · Wattasid dynasty · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Tahirid Sultanate · Lodi Dynasty · Warring States Japan · Astrakhan Khanate · Crimean Khanate · Kapisa · Bijapur Sultanate · Haudenosaunee · Berar Sultanate · Ahmadnagar Sultanate · Sultanate of Palembang · Habsburg Monarchy · Bidar Sultanate · Electorate of Saxony · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Qasim Khanate · Kingdom of Kakheti · Ryazan · Duchy of Lorraine · Prome Kingdom · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Sultanate of Cirebon · Demak Sultanate · Principality of Guria · Sultanate of Malacca · Sultanate of Sulu
Gone from the map by 1542
Kalmar Union · Timurid Empire · Aq Qoyunlu · Mamluk Sultanate · Moghulistan · Golden Horde · Crown of Castile · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Tahirid Sultanate · Lodi Dynasty · Sultanate of Bengal · Makuria Kingdom · Crown of Aragon · Kingdom of Bohemia · Ava Kingdom · Aztec Triple Alliance · House of Habsburg · Kapisa · Sind-Samma Dynasty · Alodia · Kingdom of Naples · Majapahit · Michoacán · Bahrani Dynasty · Shirvan · Teutonic Order · Ceylon · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Duchy of Milan · County of Savoy · Pskov Republic · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate · Ryazan · County of Nevers · County of Armagnac · Samudera Pasai Sultanate · Mahdids · Duchy of Styria · Ryukyu Kingdom · County of Auvergne
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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.