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World Map in 1600 CE: Empires & Borders

639 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 1600 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 1600 CE

  1. central Asian khanates — 11,117,150 km²
  2. Ming Chinese Empire — 6,029,293 km²
  3. Ottoman Empire — 5,267,257 km²
  4. Quazaq Khanate — 1,956,197 km²
  5. Safavid Empire — 1,609,514 km²
  6. Mughal Empire — 1,493,886 km²
  7. Inca Empire — 1,170,824 km²
  8. Khiva Khanate — 944,183 km²
  9. Holy Roman Empire — 676,599 km²
  10. Burmese kingdoms — 196,910 km²
  11. Crimean Khanate — 172,611 km²
  12. Merina Kingdom — 148,545 km²
  13. Swiss Confederation — 36,669 km²
  14. Dutch Republic — 33,131 km²
  15. Tuʻi Tonga Empire — 23,630 km²
  16. Republic of the Seven Zenden — 4,412 km²

Other states and peoples in 1600 CE

  1. Tsardom of Muscovy — 6,892,016 km²
  2. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 3,201,853 km²
  3. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 2,976,091 km²
  4. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 2,128,721 km²
  5. Greenland — 2,107,374 km²
  6. Tibet — 2,060,843 km²
  7. Islamic and Hindu states — 1,990,854 km²
  8. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
  9. Athabaskan — 1,750,076 km²
  10. T'atsaot'ine — 1,668,032 km²
  11. Viceroyalty of New Spain — 1,395,527 km²
  12. Malaysian Islamic states — 1,363,835 km²
  13. Cree — 914,008 km²
  14. Poland-Lithuania — 893,081 km²
  15. Papuans — 796,833 km²
  16. Chukchi — 783,617 km²
  17. Ayutthaya — 731,387 km²
  18. Songhai — 719,634 km²
  19. Sweden — 687,852 km²
  20. Obiwa — 578,758 km²

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