The world in 1660
This map shows the 113 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1660
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Golden Horde
- Mughal Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Swedish Empire
- Tibet
- Eastern Moghulistan
- Oirat Confederation
- Denmark-Norway
- Kingdom of Spain
- Portuguese Empire
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of France
- First Toungoo Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Commonwealth of England
- Tümed
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Saadi Sultanate
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Lan Xang
- Khoshut Khanate
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Haudenosaunee
- Bijapur Sultanate
- Qasimids
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Khmer Empire
- Jesuit Reducciones
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Sultanate of Johor
- Golconda Sultanate
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Dutch Republic
- Brandenburg-Prussia
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Khanate of Khiva
- Principality of Transylvania
- Kingdom of Kongo
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Small Horde
- Principality of Moldavia
- Trịnh lords
- Principality of Wallachia
- English Colonial Empire
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Crimean Khanate
- Yarubid dynasty
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Banten
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Portuguese Colonies
- Mataram Sultanate
- Papal States
- House of Savoy
- Electorate of Saxony
- Portuguese Ceylon
- New Netherland
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Itza Mayans
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Sultanate of Cirebon
- New France
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Sultanate of Perak
- Kingdom of Kartli
- Patani Kingdom
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Balinese Kingdom
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Đại Việt
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Nayaks of Thanjavur
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Sultanate of Bima
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Kutai Kingdom
- Principality of Guria
- Oyo Empire
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultanate of Bone
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Sultanate of Gowa
- Danish India
- Kathmandu
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1635
Qing Dynasty · Kingdom of Spain · Portuguese Empire · Commonwealth of England · Qasimids · Wadai Empire · Astrakhan Khanate · Kingdom of Portugal · Electorate of Saxony · Kingdom of Bhutan · Dutch Cape Coast · Kutai Kingdom · Danish India · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1685
Oirat Confederation · Commonwealth of England · Kingdom of Kongo · Sultanate of Cirebon · Duchy of Lorraine · Nayaks of Thanjavur · Sultanate of Gowa
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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.