The world in 1580
This map shows the 101 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1580
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Khanate of Sibir
- Ottoman Empire
- Spanish Empire
- Ming Dynasty
- Kazakh Khanate
- Tümed
- Safavid Dynasty
- Golden Horde
- Mughal Empire
- Tibet
- First Toungoo Empire
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Denmark-Norway
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Kingdom of Spain
- Songhai Empire
- Mongol Khanate
- Funj Sultanate
- Kingdom of France
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Small Horde
- Ethiopian Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Saadi Sultanate
- Portuguese Empire
- Kingdom of England
- Warring States Japan
- Bornu Empire
- Joseon
- Khmer Empire
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Sultanate of Johor
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Western Moghulistan
- Kashmiri Sultanate
- Khanate of Khiva
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Principality of Transylvania
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Crimean Khanate
- Mali Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Principality of Moldavia
- Golconda Sultanate
- House of Bourbon
- Principality of Wallachia
- Haudenosaunee
- Don Cossacks
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Banten
- Republic of Venice
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Đại Việt
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Prussia
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Papal States
- Union of Utrecht
- House of Savoy
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Trịnh lords
- Electorate of Saxony
- Kingdom of Pajana
- Sur Empire
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Bidar Sultanate
- Itza Mayans
- Portuguese Africa
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Republic of Florence
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Sultanate of Perak
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Patani Kingdom
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Jaffna kingdom
- Chámpa
- Balinese Kingdom
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultanate of Bone
- Republic of Ragusa
- Maynila
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Kathmandu
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1555
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Small Horde · Saadi Sultanate · Principality of Transylvania · Nguyễn lords · Union of Utrecht · House of Savoy · Trịnh lords · Kingdom of Pajana · Portuguese Colonies · Kingdom of Mysore · Patani Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1605
Khanate of Sibir · Kingdom of Spain · Portuguese Empire · Warring States Japan · Kingdom of Portugal · Kashmiri Sultanate · House of Bourbon · Union of Utrecht · Kingdom of Pajana · Sur Empire · Portuguese Africa · Jaffna kingdom · Maynila
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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.