Map of Central Asia in 1492

For 1492, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 22 names within Central Asia. The map also draws 1 outlines here that the source gives no name.

Names on the map

As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Kazakh Khanate2,320,000
Moghulistan1,010,000
Timurid Empire865,000
Nogai Horde703,000
Khanate of Sibir682,000
Mongol Khanate348,000
Eastern Chagatai Khanate302,000
Aq Qoyunlu242,000
White Horde187,000
Chagatai Khanate177,000
Khanate of Kazan124,000
Oirat Confederation109,000
Golden Horde105,000
Tibet96,900
Astrakhan Khanate93,600
Kapisa62,900
Shirvan46,900
Emirate of the White Sheep Turks14,400
Timurid Emirates10,600
Kingdom of Kakheti8,740
Punjab8,220
Kashmiri Sultanate3,340

What changed since 1400

Now drawn

Kazakh Khanate, Moghulistan, Nogai Horde, Khanate of Sibir, Mongol Khanate, Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Aq Qoyunlu, Khanate of Kazan, Oirat Confederation, Astrakhan Khanate, Kapisa, Shirvan, Emirate of the White Sheep Turks, Timurid Emirates, Kingdom of Kakheti, Punjab

No longer drawn

Blue Horde, Northern Yuan, Kashmir and Ladakh, Germiyanids

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1492 Map of Europe · 1492 Map of the Middle East · 1492 Map of Africa · 1492 Map of South Asia · 1492 Map of East Asia · 1492 Map of Southeast Asia · 1492 Map of North America · 1492 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1492 Map of South America · 1492 Map of Oceania · 1492

Source and method

Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.

Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 46°E–90°E, 35°N–56°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.

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