Territorial change of First Toungoo Empire

“First Toungoo Empire” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1502 to 1756. Its territory was largest in AD 1579 – 1587, at ≈ 1.48 million km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1579 – 1587 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1582: number 99 of 11.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of Mrauk U — 48 frames
• Ayutthaya Kingdom — 40 frames
• Lan Xang — 27 frames
• Tibet — 25 frames
• Qing dynasty — 22 frames
• Ming dynasty — 18 frames
• Shan States — 13 frames
• Hanthawaddy kingdom — 10 frames
• Lanna Kingdom — 10 frames
• Prome kingdom — 10 frames
• Kingdom of Ava — 7 frames
• Luang Prabang — 6 frames
• Southern Ming — 5 frames
• Konbaung dynasty — 4 frames
• Khmer Empire — 3 frames
• Lanna Kingdom — 3 frames
• Trịnh lords — 2 frames
• Nguyễn lords — 2 frames
• Mạc dynasty — 2 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 21 by area.

Wikipedia summary

The First Toungoo Empire (TOW-NG-oo; Burmese: တောင်ငူခေတ်, [tàʊɴŋù kʰɪʔ], lit. "Toungoo Period"), also known as the Second Burmese Empire in traditional historiography, or simply the Taungoo dynasty, was the dominant power in mainland Southeast Asia in the second half of the 16th century.

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