The world in 1560
This map shows the 117 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1560
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Khanate of Sibir
- Ottoman Empire
- Ming Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Tümed
- Kazakh Khanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Golden Horde
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Denmark-Norway
- House of Jagiellon
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Nogai Horde
- Mongol Khanate
- Songhai Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Mughal Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Ethiopian Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Saadi Sultanate
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Lan Xang
- Warring States Japan
- Sur Empire
- Mali Empire
- Vijayanagara Empire
- Shan States
- Kingdom of England
- First Toungoo Empire
- Joseon
- Portuguese Empire
- Khmer Empire
- Crimean Khanate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Johor
- Livonian Conference
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Western Moghulistan
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Khanate of Khiva
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Lê Dynasty
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Moldavia
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Golconda Sultanate
- House of Bourbon
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Principality of Wallachia
- Haudenosaunee
- Don Cossacks
- 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
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Banten
- Lan Na Kingdom
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Electorate of Saxony
- Sunda Kingdom
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Bidar Sultanate
- Itza Mayans
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Republic of Florence
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Portuguese Africa
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Sultanate of Perak
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Republic of Genoa
- Sultanate of Kedah
- France Antarctique
- Jaffna kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- 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 1535
Tsardom of Russia · Tümed · Golden Horde · Saadi Sultanate · Sur Empire · Don Cossacks · Sultanate of Harar · Itza Mayans · France Antarctique
Gone from the map by 1585
House of Jagiellon · Kingdom of Spain · Nogai Horde · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Xang · Vijayanagara Empire · Shan States · Portuguese Empire · Livonian Conference · Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · Lê Dynasty · Kingdom of Portugal · Hafsid Dynasty · Sultanate of Harar · Berar Sultanate · Lan Na Kingdom · Sunda Kingdom · Kingdom of Georgia · Kingdom of Kakheti · Portuguese Africa · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · France Antarctique · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria · 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.