Map of the Middle East 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: 36 names within the Middle East. The map also draws 3 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.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Aq Qoyunlu | 1,700,000 |
| Arabs | 1,660,000 |
| Mamluk Sultanate | 1,360,000 |
| Timurid Empire | 1,000,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 547,000 |
| Tahirid Sultanate | 380,000 |
| Hadramaut | 215,000 |
| Makuria Kingdom | 213,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Ethiopian Empire | 114,000 |
| Funj | 107,000 |
| Ethiopia | 91,400 |
| Mamluke Sultanate | 86,200 |
| Muscat | 85,800 |
| Emirate of the White Sheep Turks | 73,200 |
| Bahrani Dynasty | 70,200 |
| Shirvan | 47,500 |
| Samtskhe-Saatabago | 42,800 |
| Beylik of Dulkadir | 30,400 |
| Nogai Horde | 26,600 |
| Ramadanid Emirate | 24,500 |
| Adal Sultanate | 18,000 |
| Kingdom of Kakheti | 16,700 |
| Republic of Venice | 14,800 |
| Kazakh Khanate | 14,500 |
| Golden Horde | 7,060 |
| Republic of Genoa | 5,410 |
| Mahdids | 4,420 |
| Principality of Guria | 3,740 |
| White Horde | 2,870 |
| Kingdom of Imereti | 2,250 |
| Georgia | 1,560 |
| Sind | 302 |
| Yemen | 238 |
| Timurid Emirates | 93.1 |
| Cyprus | 45.4 |
What changed since 1400
Now drawn
Aq Qoyunlu, Arabs, Tahirid Sultanate, Makuria Kingdom, Funj, Emirate of the White Sheep Turks, Shirvan, Samtskhe-Saatabago, Nogai Horde, Adal Sultanate, Kingdom of Kakheti, Kazakh Khanate, Principality of Guria, Kingdom of Imereti, Sind, Timurid Emirates
No longer drawn
Rasulid Dynasty, Jalayirid Sultanate, Makuria, Makkura, Qara Qoyunlu, Alwa, Germiyanids, Beylik of Karaman, Beylik of Isfendiyar, Beylik of Teke, Empire of Trebizond, Beylik of Saruhan, Kingdom of Cyprus, Beylik of Aydin, Blue Horde, Byzantine Empire, Beylik of Menteshe, Kingdom of Georgia, Ifat Sultanate, Trebizond
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1492 Map of Europe · 1492 Map of Africa · 1492 Map of South Asia · 1492 Map of East Asia · 1492 Map of Southeast Asia · 1492 Map of Central 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 25°E–63°E, 12°N–42°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.