World map in AD 1415 — territory by country

Frame AD 1415 — world borders from AD 1415 to AD 1421. 136 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Ming dynasty (≈ 6.27 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (136, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Ming dynasty	≈ 6.27 million km²
2	Timurid Empire	≈ 3.93 million km²
3	Northern Yuan	≈ 2.18 million km²
4	Chagatai Khanate	≈ 1.76 million km²
5	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
6	Golden Horde	≈ 1.53 million km²
7	Novgorod Republic	≈ 1.49 million km²
8	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 1.48 million km²
9	Mali Empire	≈ 1.11 million km²
10	Majapahit	≈ 1.00 million km²
11	Kalmar Union	≈ 955 thousand km²
12	Oirat Confederation	≈ 913 thousand km²
13	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	≈ 802 thousand km²
14	Qara Qoyunlu	≈ 440 thousand km²
15	Bahmani Kingdom	≈ 439 thousand km²
16	Ottoman Empire	≈ 439 thousand km²
17	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 422 thousand km²
18	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 395 thousand km²
19	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 392 thousand km²
20	Marinid dynasty	≈ 388 thousand km²
21	Rasulid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
22	Lan Xang	≈ 376 thousand km²
23	Crown of Castile	≈ 360 thousand km²
24	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 332 thousand km²
25	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 321 thousand km²
26	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 321 thousand km²
27	Bengal Sultanate	≈ 306 thousand km²
28	Shan States	≈ 274 thousand km²
29	Grand Principality of Moscow	≈ 272 thousand km²
30	Kingdom of France	≈ 247 thousand km²
31	Khmer Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
32	Kingdom of Poland	≈ 230 thousand km²
33	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
34	Arab Iraq	≈ 224 thousand km²
35	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
36	Joseon	≈ 207 thousand km²
37	Kingdom of Ava	≈ 194 thousand km²
38	Kingdom of England	≈ 193 thousand km²
39	Jaunpur Sultanate	≈ 159 thousand km²
40	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
41	Teutonic Order	≈ 151 thousand km²
42	Adal Sultanate	≈ 149 thousand km²
43	Crown of Aragon	≈ 139 thousand km²
44	Maya civilization	≈ 135 thousand km²
45	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 129 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Georgia	≈ 128 thousand km²
47	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
48	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
49	Samma dynasty	≈ 123 thousand km²
50	Champa	≈ 111 thousand km²
51	House of Habsburg	≈ 101 thousand km²
52	Karamanids	≈ 100 thousand km²
53	Moldavia	≈ 98 thousand km²
54	Chimor	≈ 98 thousand km²
55	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 92 thousand km²
56	Sayyid dynasty	≈ 89 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 86 thousand km²
58	Mahdids	≈ 84 thousand km²
59	Vladimir-Suzdal	≈ 84 thousand km²
60	Hanthawaddy kingdom	≈ 79 thousand km²
61	Aq Qoyunlu	≈ 77 thousand km²
62	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
63	Al-Ahsa Oasis	≈ 74 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Naples	≈ 69 thousand km²
65	Serbian Empire	≈ 68 thousand km²
66	Sukhothai Kingdom	≈ 63 thousand km²
67	Sri Lanka	≈ 62 thousand km²
68	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
69	Germiyanids	≈ 58 thousand km²
70	Duchy of Burgundy	≈ 56 thousand km²
71	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Bosnia	≈ 50 thousand km²
73	Candar dynasty	≈ 49 thousand km²
74	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 48 thousand km²
75	Shirvan	≈ 48 thousand km²
76	House of Valois-Anjou	≈ 46 thousand km²
77	Papal States	≈ 40 thousand km²
78	Duchy of Milan	≈ 37 thousand km²
79	Republic of Venice	≈ 37 thousand km²
80	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
81	County of Savoy	≈ 36 thousand km²
82	Beylik of Teke	≈ 31 thousand km²
83	Beylik of Dulkadir	≈ 30 thousand km²
84	House of Ascania	≈ 29 thousand km²
85	Emirate of Granada	≈ 28 thousand km²
86	Empire of Trebizond	≈ 27 thousand km²
87	Judicate of Arborea	≈ 26 thousand km²
88	Republic of Genoa	≈ 25 thousand km²
89	Ramadanid Emirate	≈ 24 thousand km²
90	Landgraviate of Brabant	≈ 23 thousand km²
91	Pskov Republic	≈ 23 thousand km²
92	Earl of Desmond	≈ 20 thousand km²
93	Blue Horde	≈ 19 thousand km²
94	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 18 thousand km²
95	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
96	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 14 thousand km²
97	House of Bourbon	≈ 14 thousand km²
98	Republic of Florence	≈ 14 thousand km²
99	Principality of Achaea	≈ 14 thousand km²
100	County of Armagnac	≈ 14 thousand km²
101	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 14 thousand km²
102	County of Nevers	≈ 13 thousand km²
103	Switzerland	≈ 13 thousand km²
104	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 13 thousand km²
105	Albanian principalities	≈ 12 thousand km²
106	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
107	Byzantine Empire	≈ 12 thousand km²
108	County of Foix	≈ 11 thousand km²
109	Despotate of Arta	≈ 11 thousand km²
110	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
111	Kingdom of Navarre	≈ 9,720 km²
112	Duchy of Aquitaine	≈ 9,651 km²
113	Cusco	≈ 8,783 km²
114	Samudera Pasai Sultanate	≈ 8,416 km²
115	Patriarchate of Aquileia	≈ 8,333 km²
116	Aydinids	≈ 7,736 km²
117	Tver	≈ 7,122 km²
118	Serbian Despotate	≈ 6,993 km²
119	Principality of Valona	≈ 6,060 km²
120	Michoacán	≈ 5,634 km²
121	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 5,458 km²
122	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,953 km²
123	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 4,799 km²
124	Béarn	≈ 3,759 km²
125	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,437 km²
126	Tenochtitlan	≈ 2,381 km²
127	Texcoco	≈ 2,132 km²
128	Hokuzan	≈ 1,278 km²
129	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,184 km²
130	Namayan	≈ 1,128 km²
131	Chūzan	≈ 961 km²
132	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
133	Principality of Theodoro	≈ 654 km²
134	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
135	Duchy of Styria	≈ 277 km²
136	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (5)

Adal Sultanate · Makuria · Arab Iraq · Shirvan · Sayyid dynasty

Countries that disappeared in this frame (10)

Tughlaq dynasty · Makuria · Sultanate of Ifat · Margraviate of Brandenburg · Margraviate of Moravia · Sarukhanids · House of Luxembourg · Menteshe · County Palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos · County of Empúries

Directions of expansion (2)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Qara Qoyunlu → former land of Timurid Empire, ≈ 404 thousand km²
Ming dynasty → former land of Northern Yuan, ≈ 107 thousand km²

The world in AD 1415

14 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (6)

AD 1416 — An edict ordered the ministers to deliberate on the construction of Beijing. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十四年)
AD 1417 — Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu was moved to Le'an Prefecture and enfeoffed there. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十五年)
AD 1419 — Liu Jiang annihilated the Japanese pirates at Wanghaiwo and was enfeoffed as Earl of Guangning. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十七年)
AD 1420 — Tang Saier, a woman from Putai, rebelled; Liu Sheng suppressed it (in the third month Tang Saier fled). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十八年)
AD 1420 — The suburban altars and palaces of Beijing were completed; in the ninth month an edict made Beijing the capital from the following year and the former capital Nanjing. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十八年)
AD 1421 — The three halls of Fengtian, Huagai and Jinshen burned down. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷7 永樂十九年)

South Asia (1)

AD 1415 — In the thirteenth year of Yongle the fleet of Grand Eunuch Zheng He arrived; troops went out and captured Su-gan-la and sent him to court to have his crime made clear. The prince, having received grace, pays tribute continually. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·蘇門答剌國)

Southeast Asia (3)

AD 1418 — In the first month, Lê Lợi raised troops at Lam Sơn. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十「戊戌<sub>明永樂十六年</s」)
AD 1419 — Phan Liêu resisted the Ming eunuch's demand for gold and silver, killed Yu Guan, and besieged Nghệ An citadel. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十「己亥<sub>明永樂十七年</s」)
AD 1421 — The Ming Canzhang Chen Zhi, with more than 100,000 men, pressed the emperor at Jinglong'ai of Panling stockade. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十「辛丑<sub>明永樂十九年</s」)

West Asia (2)

AD 1417 — Pilgrimage to Jerusalem of the Bishop of Winchester — Jerusalem passage (based on the sentence mentioning Jerusalem) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol09 l.5442 (표제 l.5442))
AD 1421 — In the nineteenth year of Yongle the imperial envoy, Grand Eunuch Li and others, came to Samudra to bestow the edict and official robes on the king; the Grand Eunuch Zhou of the detached fleet went with three treasure ships to Aden (阿丹). The king came out to the seashore to receive the edict and bought rare things such as cat's-eye stones, coral, giraffes (qilin) and lions. (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·阿丹國)

Eastern Europe & Russia (2)

AD 1416 — In 1416 Lithuania was ravaged; Kiev's castle was not taken, but churches such as the Pechersk monastery were plundered and burned. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제5권 II장)
AD 1420 — Novgorod begins to trade in silver coin. (Novgorod First Chronicle litopys 기사 1420년)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1415 — Adal Sultanate appears
◆ AD 1415 — Arab Iraq appears
◆ AD 1415 — Makuria appears
◆ AD 1415 — Shirvan appears
◆ AD 1415 — Sultanate of Ifat ends
◆ AD 1415 — Makuria ends
◆ AD 1415 — Tughlaq dynasty ends
◆ AD 1415 — Qara Qoyunlu takes 404,400 km² of former Timurid Empire land