The world in 1610
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 1610
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
- Mongol Khanate
- Kingdom of France
- Funj Sultanate
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Ethiopian Empire
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of England
- Dzungar Khanate
- Tümed
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Saadi Sultanate
- First Toungoo Empire
- Lan Xang
- Khoshut Khanate
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Joseon
- Khmer Empire
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Jesuit Reducciones
- Sultanate of Johor
- Western Moghulistan
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Khanate of Khiva
- Small Horde
- Principality of Transylvania
- Mali Empire
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Principality of Moldavia
- Golconda Sultanate
- Trịnh lords
- Principality of Wallachia
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Haudenosaunee
- Don Cossacks
- Crimean Khanate
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Banten
- Republic of Venice
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Prussia
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Papal States
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- House of Savoy
- Lan Na
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Portuguese Ceylon
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Dutch Republic
- Electorate of Saxony
- Mataram Sultanate
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Bidar Sultanate
- Itza Mayans
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- Republic of Florence
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Sultanate of Perak
- Patani Kingdom
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Balinese Kingdom
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Đại Việt
- Chámpa
- Oyo Empire
- New France
- Comtat Venaissin
- English Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Bone
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Portuguese Colonies
- Kathmandu
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1585
Dzungar Khanate · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Xang · Tokugawa Shogunate · Sultanate of Darfur · Jesuit Reducciones · Gorkha Kingdom · Lan Na · Mataram Sultanate · Oyo Empire · New France · English Colonial Empire
Gone from the map by 1635
Kingdom of Sweden · Dzungar Khanate · Mali Empire · Electorate of Brandenburg · Duchy of Prussia · Lan Na · Electorate of Saxony · Bidar Sultanate · Electorate of Trier
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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.