The world in 1590
This map shows the 100 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1590
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Spanish Empire
- Golden Horde
- Ottoman Empire
- Ming Dynasty
- Kazakh Khanate
- Mughal Empire
- Safavid Dynasty
- Tibet
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Denmark-Norway
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Iberian Union
- First Toungoo Empire
- Songhai Empire
- Mongol Khanate
- Saadi Sultanate
- Funj Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of France
- Ethiopian Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Tümed
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Lan Xang
- Khoshut Khanate
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Kingdom of England
- Warring States Japan
- Bornu Empire
- Joseon
- Khmer Empire
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Sultanate of Johor
- Western Moghulistan
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Khanate of Khiva
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Small Horde
- Principality of Transylvania
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Crimean Khanate
- Mali Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Principality of Moldavia
- Golconda Sultanate
- House of Bourbon
- Principality of Wallachia
- Sultanate of Brunei
- 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
- House of Savoy
- Duchy of Prussia
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Trịnh lords
- Electorate of Saxony
- Mataram Sultanate
- Sur Empire
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Bidar Sultanate
- Itza Mayans
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Republic of Florence
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Dutch Republic
- Sultanate of Perak
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Patani Kingdom
- Jaffna kingdom
- Chámpa
- Balinese Kingdom
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultanate of Bone
- Republic of Ragusa
- Maynila
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Portuguese Colonies
- Kathmandu
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1565
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Iberian Union · Khoshut Khanate · Gorkha Kingdom · Principality of Transylvania · Nguyễn lords · Trịnh lords · Mataram Sultanate · Dutch Republic · Kingdom of Mysore · Patani Kingdom
Gone from the map by 1615
Kingdom of Sweden · Songhai Empire · Warring States Japan · Kingdom of Scotland · Mali Empire · House of Bourbon · Sur Empire · 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.