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World Map in 1500 CE: Empires & Borders

139 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 1500 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 1500 CE

  1. Chagatai Khanate — 8,387,938 km²
  2. Ming Chinese Empire — 4,203,485 km²
  3. Kalmar Union — 3,091,930 km²
  4. Inca Empire — 1,545,870 km²
  5. Mamluke Sultanate — 1,462,131 km²
  6. Ottoman Empire — 1,088,276 km²
  7. Sultanate of Delhi — 861,827 km²
  8. Holy Roman Empire — 854,083 km²
  9. Oirat Confederation — 810,735 km²
  10. Burmese kingdoms — 703,987 km²
  11. Khanate of Sibir — 654,706 km²
  12. Aztec Empire — 344,112 km²
  13. Crimean Khanate — 331,155 km²
  14. Zayyanid Caliphate — 324,252 km²
  15. Hafsid Caliphate — 225,964 km²
  16. Wattasid Caliphate — 149,414 km²
  17. Merina Kingdom — 148,545 km²
  18. Sinhalese kingdoms — 61,697 km²
  19. Mixtec Empire — 45,370 km²
  20. Swiss Confederation — 26,314 km²

Other states and peoples in 1500 CE

  1. Bantu peoples — 8,208,571 km²
  2. Siberians — 8,069,806 km²
  3. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
  4. West African cereal farmers — 3,866,458 km²
  5. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 3,201,853 km²
  6. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 2,976,091 km²
  7. Grand Duchy of Moscow — 2,788,075 km²
  8. White Horde — 2,643,488 km²
  9. Khoisan — 2,327,580 km²
  10. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 2,282,828 km²
  11. Timurid Emirates — 2,158,690 km²
  12. Thule — 2,129,264 km²
  13. Plain bison hunters — 2,100,022 km²
  14. Arabs — 2,062,554 km²
  15. Tibet — 1,981,741 km²
  16. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
  17. Emirate of the White Sheep Turks — 1,818,513 km²
  18. Malaysian Islamic states — 1,739,604 km²
  19. Golden Horde — 1,095,621 km²
  20. Poland-Lithuania — 1,026,634 km²

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