World map in AD 1468 — territory by country

Frame AD 1468 — world borders from AD 1468 to AD 1474. 140 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Khanate of Sibir (≈ 4.37 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (140, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 4.37 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 4.34 million km²
3	Timurid Empire	≈ 3.76 million km²
4	Mongol khanate	≈ 3.46 million km²
5	Novgorod Republic	≈ 1.60 million km²
6	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
7	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 1.48 million km²
8	Kalmar Union	≈ 1.28 million km²
9	Oirat Confederation	≈ 1.13 million km²
10	East Turkestan	≈ 1.08 million km²
11	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 1.05 million km²
12	Majapahit	≈ 1.00 million km²
13	Ottoman Empire	≈ 896 thousand km²
14	Mali Empire	≈ 862 thousand km²
15	Nogai Horde	≈ 704 thousand km²
16	Aq Qoyunlu	≈ 698 thousand km²
17	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 568 thousand km²
18	Golden Horde	≈ 551 thousand km²
19	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 392 thousand km²
21	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 388 thousand km²
22	Grand Principality of Moscow	≈ 379 thousand km²
23	Tahirid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
24	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
25	Bahmani Kingdom	≈ 375 thousand km²
26	Crown of Castile	≈ 362 thousand km²
27	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 350 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 335 thousand km²
29	Sengoku period	≈ 321 thousand km²
30	Bengal Sultanate	≈ 306 thousand km²
31	Moghulistan	≈ 302 thousand km²
32	Shan States	≈ 274 thousand km²
33	Songhai Empire	≈ 251 thousand km²
34	Lodi dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
35	Kingdom of France	≈ 243 thousand km²
36	Khmer Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
37	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
38	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
39	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Ava	≈ 192 thousand km²
41	Maya civilization	≈ 188 thousand km²
42	Khanate of Kazan	≈ 171 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of England	≈ 166 thousand km²
44	Crown of Aragon	≈ 162 thousand km²
45	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 161 thousand km²
46	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 161 thousand km²
47	Jaunpur Sultanate	≈ 159 thousand km²
48	Inca Empire	≈ 155 thousand km²
49	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
50	Lê dynasty	≈ 152 thousand km²
51	Adal Sultanate	≈ 149 thousand km²
52	Crimean Khanate	≈ 135 thousand km²
53	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 128 thousand km²
55	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
56	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
57	Samma dynasty	≈ 123 thousand km²
58	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
59	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 103 thousand km²
60	Aztec Empire	≈ 102 thousand km²
61	House of Habsburg	≈ 100 thousand km²
62	Moldavia	≈ 99 thousand km²
63	Chimor	≈ 98 thousand km²
64	Duchy of Burgundy	≈ 97 thousand km²
65	Champa	≈ 93 thousand km²
66	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 86 thousand km²
67	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 85 thousand km²
68	Mahdids	≈ 84 thousand km²
69	Hanthawaddy kingdom	≈ 78 thousand km²
70	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 77 thousand km²
71	Michoacán	≈ 75 thousand km²
72	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
73	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
74	Al-Ahsa Oasis	≈ 71 thousand km²
75	Kingdom of Naples	≈ 69 thousand km²
76	Sri Lanka	≈ 62 thousand km²
77	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 62 thousand km²
78	Republic of Venice	≈ 53 thousand km²
79	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
80	Shirvan	≈ 48 thousand km²
81	Samtskhe-Saatabago	≈ 43 thousand km²
82	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
83	House of Valois-Anjou	≈ 39 thousand km²
84	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
85	Teutonic Order	≈ 38 thousand km²
86	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
87	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 36 thousand km²
88	County of Savoy	≈ 36 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Milan	≈ 35 thousand km²
90	House of Ascania	≈ 34 thousand km²
91	House of Bourbon	≈ 33 thousand km²
92	Beylik of Dulkadir	≈ 30 thousand km²
93	Kingdom of Georgia	≈ 28 thousand km²
94	Republic of Genoa	≈ 26 thousand km²
95	Emirate of Granada	≈ 26 thousand km²
96	Ramadanid Emirate	≈ 24 thousand km²
97	Qasim Khanate	≈ 24 thousand km²
98	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
99	Pskov Republic	≈ 22 thousand km²
100	County of Périgord	≈ 18 thousand km²
101	Switzerland	≈ 17 thousand km²
102	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
103	Ryazan	≈ 17 thousand km²
104	County of Foix	≈ 16 thousand km²
105	Republic of Florence	≈ 14 thousand km²
106	County of Armagnac	≈ 14 thousand km²
107	Maine (province)	≈ 14 thousand km²
108	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 14 thousand km²
109	County of Nevers	≈ 13 thousand km²
110	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
111	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
112	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 13 thousand km²
113	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
114	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
115	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
116	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
117	Samudera Pasai Sultanate	≈ 8,675 km²
118	Kingdom of Bosnia	≈ 8,134 km²
119	Tver	≈ 7,184 km²
120	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 6,939 km²
121	Vladimir-Suzdal	≈ 6,485 km²
122	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
123	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,953 km²
124	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 4,799 km²
125	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,180 km²
126	Duchy of Saint Sava	≈ 2,778 km²
127	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,437 km²
128	Ryukyu Kingdom	≈ 2,186 km²
129	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 2,063 km²
130	Duchy of Styria	≈ 2,004 km²
131	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 1,777 km²
132	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
133	Namayan	≈ 1,128 km²
134	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 979 km²
135	Byzantine Empire	≈ 800 km²
136	Auvergne	≈ 706 km²
137	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
138	Principality of Theodoro	≈ 654 km²
139	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
140	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (12)

Mongol khanate · Kazakh Khanate · Wattasid dynasty · Sengoku period · Kingdom of Georgia · Astrakhan Khanate · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Kingdom of Kakheti · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Marinid dynasty · Qara Qoyunlu · Kingdom of Kartli · Karamanids

Directions of expansion (3)

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

Aq Qoyunlu → former land of Qara Qoyunlu, ≈ 518 thousand km²
Songhai Empire → former land of Mali Empire, ≈ 134 thousand km²
Ottoman Empire → former land of Karamanids, ≈ 100 thousand km²

The world in AD 1468

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

China (5)

AD 1468 — Xiang Zhong captured Man Jun, leader of the rebellion at Kaicheng (around Guyuan), and sent him to the capital for execution. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷13 成化四年)
AD 1470 — Wang Yue defeated Aluochu of Hetao at the east road of Yansui. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷13 成化六年)
AD 1471 — The rebellion of the Jing-Xiang refugees was pacified, and more than 1.4 million people returned to their former livelihoods. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷13 成化七年)
AD 1473 — Sutan Ali of Turpan defeated Hami and occupied it. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷13 成化九年)
AD 1473 — Wang Yue routed Mandulu, Bolohu and Bijiasilan at Hongyan Lake, and several tribes withdrew beyond Hetao. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷13 成化九年)

Southeast Asia (3)

AD 1470 — On the 6th day the emperor issued an edict to campaign personally against Champa (no era title in this section; the year is taken as 1470 by common accounts). (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十二「」)
AD 1471 — On the 15th, Champa was pacified and Ban-la-da-tien was captured. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十二「」)
AD 1471 — The king of Koci bribed Champa's ministers to open the city gate; the fort of Bal fell, King Pogopo died, and Prince Indra Brahma fled to Malacca. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.211)

Sub-Saharan Africa (2)

AD 1469 — Sunni Ali enters Timbuktu, burns and destroys it, and kills many people (Aqil flees to Biro) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5264))
AD 1470 — The Sankore scholars who fled are caught by the Koy of Timbuktu at Tagit and fight; the most renowned among them die (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5385))

Eastern Europe & Russia (4)

AD 1471 — The grand prince's force pursued for 12 versts, killed 12,000 and took 1,700 prisoners, among them two city mayors (the battle of Shelon; the place is not named in the sentence). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제6권 I장)
AD 1471 — Supplementary article in brackets: Marfa Boretskaya plots to marry a Lithuanian boyar so as to place Novgorod under the king's suzerainty. (Novgorod First Chronicle MF1914 영역 1471 기사)
AD 1471 — Novgorod elects the monk Feofil as archbishop without the grand prince's permission, and sends the boyar Nikita Savin to Moscow to request a safe-conduct. (Novgorod First Chronicle MF1914 영역 1471 기사)
AD 1472 — Prince Fyodor scattered the enemy, captured their commanders, and took and burned small towns such as Iskor. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제6권 I장)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1468 — Astrakhan Khanate appears
◆ AD 1468 — Kazakh Khanate appears
◆ AD 1468 — Kingdom of Georgia appears
◆ AD 1468 — Mongol khanate appears
◆ AD 1468 — Sengoku period appears
◆ AD 1468 — Wattasid dynasty appears
◆ AD 1468 — Karamanids ends
◆ AD 1468 — Kingdom of Kartli ends