The world in 1700
This map shows the 106 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1700
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Safavid Dynasty
- Dzungar Khanate
- Swedish Empire
- Tibet
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Portuguese Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Kingdom of Spain
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Kingdom of France
- Haudenosaunee
- First Toungoo Empire
- Funj Sultanate
- Ethiopian Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of England
- Morocco
- Lan Xang
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Bornu Empire
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Jesuit Reducciones
- English Colonial Empire
- Dutch Republic
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Brandenburg-Prussia
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Khmer Empire
- Zaporozhian Cossacks
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Khanate of Khiva
- New France
- Sloboda Ukraine
- Yarubid dynasty
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Small Horde
- Principality of Moldavia
- Trịnh lords
- Principality of Wallachia
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mysore
- Crimean Khanate
- Republic of Venice
- Cambodia
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Papal States
- House of Savoy
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Sultanate of Banten
- Mataram Sultanate
- Nayaks of Madurai
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Oyo Empire
- Dutch Ceylon
- Sultanate of Sulu
- New Netherland
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Kingdom of Kartli
- Republic of Genoa
- French India
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Blambangan Kingdom
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Bima
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Kutai Kingdom
- Principality of Guria
- Bali
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Đại Việt
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Danish India
- Saadi Sultanate
- Kathmandu
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1675
Dzungar Khanate · Cambodia · Dutch Ceylon · Duchy of Lorraine · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · Bali
Gone from the map by 1725
Tsardom of Russia · Kingdom of England · Lan Xang · Brandenburg-Prussia · House of Savoy · Kingdom of Kartli
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Other regions in 1700
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.