The world in 1510
This map shows the 125 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1510
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Mongol Khanate
- Khanate of Sibir
- Ming Dynasty
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Kazakh Khanate
- Shaybanids
- Inca Empire
- Tibet
- Kalmar Union
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Moghulistan
- House of Jagiellon
- Ottoman Empire
- Nogai Horde
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of France
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Lodi Dynasty
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Wattasid dynasty
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Ethiopian Empire
- Lan Xang
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Sultanate of Bengal
- Eastern Chagatai Khanate
- Tahirid Sultanate
- Warring States Japan
- Mali Empire
- Crown of Aragon
- Khanate of Kazan
- Shan States
- Khmer Empire
- Joseon
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Makuria Kingdom
- House of Habsburg
- Kingdom of England
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Aztec Triple Alliance
- Crimean Khanate
- Bornu Empire
- Livonian Conference
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Later Mayan City-States
- Lê Dynasty
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Adal Sultanate
- Timurid Empire
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Sind-Samma Dynasty
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Ava Kingdom
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Moldavia
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Principality of Wallachia
- Portuguese Empire
- Haudenosaunee
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Republic of Venice
- Berar Sultanate
- Majapahit
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Michoacán
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Bidar Sultanate
- Bahrani Dynasty
- Shirvan
- Teutonic Order
- First Toungoo Empire
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- County of Foix
- Electorate of Saxony
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Sunda Kingdom
- Swiss Confederation
- Qasim Khanate
- Pskov Republic
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Republic of Genoa
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Portuguese Africa
- Ryazan
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Prome Kingdom
- County of Nevers
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Jaffna kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Chámpa
- Principality of Guria
- Demak Sultanate
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Rajahnate of Cebu
- Tondo
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Ryukyu Kingdom
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Namayan
- Kathmandu
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1485
Shaybanids · Safavid Dynasty · Kingdom of Sweden · Funj Sultanate · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Bijapur Sultanate · Portuguese Empire · Berar Sultanate · Ahmadnagar Sultanate · Bidar Sultanate · First Toungoo Empire · Electorate of Saxony · Portuguese Ceylon · Portuguese Africa · Rajahnate of Cebu
Gone from the map by 1535
Shaybanids · Kalmar Union · Mamluk Sultanate · Moghulistan · Crown of Castile · Lodi Dynasty · Aq Qoyunlu · Sultanate of Bengal · Eastern Chagatai Khanate · Tahirid Sultanate · Crown of Aragon · Makuria Kingdom · House of Habsburg · Aztec Triple Alliance · Kingdom of Bohemia · Timurid Empire · Sind-Samma Dynasty · Ava Kingdom · Majapahit · Michoacán · Bahrani Dynasty · Teutonic Order · Pskov Republic · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate · Ryazan · County of Nevers · Samudera Pasai Sultanate · Ryukyu Kingdom
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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.