The world in 1550
This map shows the 121 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1550
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Khanate of Sibir
- Tsardom of Russia
- Ming Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Golden Horde
- Kazakh Khanate
- Tümed
- Safavid Dynasty
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Sur Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Denmark-Norway
- House of Jagiellon
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Kingdom of France
- Nogai Horde
- Mongol Khanate
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Ethiopian Empire
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Wattasid dynasty
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- Shan States
- Mughal Empire
- Warring States Japan
- Mali Empire
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Khanate of Kazan
- Joseon
- Kingdom of England
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Khmer Empire
- First Toungoo Empire
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
- Crimean Khanate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Johor
- Livonian Conference
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Western Moghulistan
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Portuguese Empire
- Khanate of Khiva
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Lê Dynasty
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Principality of Moldavia
- Golconda Sultanate
- Principality of Wallachia
- Haudenosaunee
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Republic of Venice
- Sultanate of Harar
- Berar Sultanate
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Đại Việt
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Prussia
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- Electorate of Saxony
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Demak Sultanate
- Qasim Khanate
- County of Foix
- Sunda Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Bidar Sultanate
- Itza Mayans
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Portuguese Africa
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Sultanate of Perak
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Republic of Genoa
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Jaffna kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Sultanate of Banten
- Chámpa
- Balinese Kingdom
- Principality of Guria
- Inca Empire
- Rajahnate of Cebu
- Tondo
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultanate of Bone
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Maynila
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Namayan
- Ashikaga Shogunate
- Kathmandu
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1525
Tsardom of Russia · Golden Horde · Tümed · Kingdom of Sweden · Sur Empire · Denmark-Norway · Mughal Empire · Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · Sultanate of Johor · Sultanate of Harar · Đại Việt · Duchy of Prussia · Nayaks of Madurai · Sultanate of Banjar · Itza Mayans · Sultanate of Perak · Nayaks of Thanjavur · Sultanate of Banten · Sultanate of Sulu
Gone from the map by 1575
House of Jagiellon · Nogai Horde · Wattasid dynasty · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Shan States · Vijayanagara Empire · Khanate of Kazan · Hafsid Dynasty · Astrakhan Khanate · Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · Livonian Conference · Zayyanid dynasty · Lê Dynasty · Lan Na Kingdom · Demak Sultanate · Qasim Khanate · County of Foix · Inca Empire · Rajahnate of Cebu · Tondo · Namayan · Ashikaga Shogunate · Principality of Orange
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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.