World map in AD 1492 — territory by country

Frame AD 1492 — world borders from AD 1492 to AD 1496. 129 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol khanate (≈ 4.55 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (129, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol khanate	≈ 4.55 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 4.34 million km²
3	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
4	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.32 million km²
5	Grand Principality of Moscow	≈ 2.11 million km²
6	Timurid Empire	≈ 1.88 million km²
7	Aq Qoyunlu	≈ 1.70 million km²
8	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
9	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 1.48 million km²
10	Kalmar Union	≈ 1.29 million km²
11	Moghulistan	≈ 1.08 million km²
12	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 1.05 million km²
13	Ottoman Empire	≈ 931 thousand km²
14	Nogai Horde	≈ 704 thousand km²
15	Songhai Empire	≈ 629 thousand km²
16	Golden Horde	≈ 551 thousand km²
17	Inca Empire	≈ 537 thousand km²
18	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 528 thousand km²
19	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 392 thousand km²
21	Crown of Castile	≈ 391 thousand km²
22	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 384 thousand km²
23	Tahirid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
24	Kingdom of France	≈ 377 thousand km²
25	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
26	Mali Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
27	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 343 thousand km²
28	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 338 thousand km²
29	Lodi dynasty	≈ 337 thousand km²
30	Bengal Sultanate	≈ 332 thousand km²
31	Sengoku period	≈ 321 thousand km²
32	Moghulistan	≈ 303 thousand km²
33	Khmer Empire	≈ 287 thousand km²
34	Shan States	≈ 274 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
36	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
37	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
38	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
39	Lê dynasty	≈ 190 thousand km²
40	Maya civilization	≈ 188 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Ava	≈ 174 thousand km²
42	Khanate of Kazan	≈ 170 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of England	≈ 166 thousand km²
44	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 162 thousand km²
45	Aztec Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
46	Crown of Aragon	≈ 152 thousand km²
47	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
48	Adal Sultanate	≈ 149 thousand km²
49	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 129 thousand km²
52	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
53	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
54	Samma dynasty	≈ 123 thousand km²
55	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 119 thousand km²
56	Kapisa	≈ 117 thousand km²
57	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 109 thousand km²
59	House of Habsburg	≈ 100 thousand km²
60	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 89 thousand km²
61	Majapahit	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 84 thousand km²
63	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
64	Berar Sultanate	≈ 80 thousand km²
65	Hanthawaddy kingdom	≈ 78 thousand km²
66	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 77 thousand km²
67	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
68	Michoacán	≈ 74 thousand km²
69	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 74 thousand km²
70	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
71	Al-Ahsa Oasis	≈ 70 thousand km²
72	Kingdom of Naples	≈ 69 thousand km²
73	Republic of Venice	≈ 64 thousand km²
74	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
75	Sri Lanka	≈ 62 thousand km²
76	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 54 thousand km²
77	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
78	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 50 thousand km²
79	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 49 thousand km²
80	Shirvan	≈ 48 thousand km²
81	County of Foix	≈ 45 thousand km²
82	House of Bourbon	≈ 43 thousand km²
83	Samtskhe-Saatabago	≈ 43 thousand km²
84	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
85	Papal States	≈ 40 thousand km²
86	Teutonic Order	≈ 38 thousand km²
87	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 36 thousand km²
88	County of Savoy	≈ 36 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Milan	≈ 35 thousand km²
90	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 34 thousand km²
91	Beylik of Dulkadir	≈ 30 thousand km²
92	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
93	Republic of Genoa	≈ 26 thousand km²
94	Ramadanid Emirate	≈ 24 thousand km²
95	Qasim Khanate	≈ 24 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
97	Switzerland	≈ 22 thousand km²
98	Pskov Republic	≈ 22 thousand km²
99	Prome kingdom	≈ 19 thousand km²
100	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 18 thousand km²
101	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
102	Ryazan	≈ 17 thousand km²
103	County of Armagnac	≈ 14 thousand km²
104	County of Nevers	≈ 14 thousand km²
105	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
106	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
107	Republic of Florence	≈ 12 thousand km²
108	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
109	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
110	Samudera Pasai Sultanate	≈ 8,675 km²
111	Champa	≈ 8,027 km²
112	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
113	Demak Sultanate	≈ 7,452 km²
114	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 6,939 km²
115	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
116	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,953 km²
117	Mahdids	≈ 4,396 km²
118	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,180 km²
119	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
120	Ryukyu Kingdom	≈ 2,186 km²
121	Duchy of Styria	≈ 2,004 km²
122	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 1,777 km²
123	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
124	Namayan	≈ 1,128 km²
125	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 979 km²
126	Auvergne	≈ 706 km²
127	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
128	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
129	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (5)

Bijapur Sultanate · Moghulistan · Ahmadnagar Sultanate · Berar Sultanate · Bidar Sultanate

Countries that disappeared in this frame (5)

Bahmani Kingdom · Duchy of Brittany · Emirate of Granada · Kingdom of Cyprus · Touraine

The world in AD 1492

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

Central Asia (9)

AD 1494 — News of the father's death reached Andijan on Tuesday (5th of Ramadan = 9 June). Babur, who was in the 'Four Gardens' at Andijan, immediately rode to the citadel. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 899 AH 부분, 원문 파일 5454행 부근)
AD 1494 — Khwaja Maulana-i-Qazi led Babur to the citadel of Andijan. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 899 AH 부분, 원문 파일 5538행 부근)
AD 1494 — Table of contents: Babur's age at accession and a description of Ferghana. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 899 AH 부분, 원문 파일 405행 부근)
AD 1495 — The Uzbek sultans (including Sultan Hamza and his sons) came to Babur and welcomed him. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 901 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7234행 부근)
AD 1495 — Sultan Husain Mirza reached Hisar and soon settled there (Khusrau Shah campaign, winter). (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 901 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7274행 부근)
AD 1496 — In Ramadan (around May 1496), the Tarkhan faction rebelled in Samarkand. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 901 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7429행 부근)
AD 1496 — In Shawwal (around June 1496) news from Samarkand reached Babur at Andijan, and he sent troops to Samarkand. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 901 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7586행 부근)
AD 1496 — Babur's second attempt to take Samarkand (winter). (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 902 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7644행 부근)
AD 1496 — Conflict between Husain Mirza of Herat and his son Badi'uz-Zaman Mirza. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 902 AH 부분, 원문 파일 7869행 부근)

South Asia (4)

AD 1494 — Babur's father, Umar Shaikh Mirza, died (4th day of Ramadan = 8 June 1494). (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 899 AH 부분, 원문 파일 4413행 부근)
AD 1494 — After the death of Sultan Ahmad Mirza, his begs agreed among themselves and sent men (to Andijan). (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 899 AH 부분, 원문 파일 6201행 부근)
AD 1495 — In the following Rabi (January 1495), Sultan Mahmud Mirza died. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 900 AH 부분, 원문 파일 6454행 부근)
AD 1495 — The army set out to suppress a rebellion (Sha'ban = May); at the end of the month it reached and surrounded the enemy. (Baburnama (Memoirs of Babur) Beveridge 영역 1권, 900 AH 부분, 원문 파일 6932행 부근)

West Asia (1)

AD 1496 — Askia Muhammad, having finished the pilgrimage, visits the holy places and donates 100,000 gold to the two holy cities (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5895))

Egypt & North Africa (1)

AD 1496 — Askia Muhammad meets the Abbasid caliph and is appointed Songhai's deputy (given a hat and turban) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5915))

Sub-Saharan Africa (5)

AD 1492 — Sunni Ali, returning from the Gurma campaign, is swept away and killed in the rapids of the Koy (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5734))
AD 1493 — Muhammad (later Askia) raids Dogaga, where Sunni Ali's son is, but is defeated and flees (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5767))
AD 1493 — At Ankogho (near Gao), Muhammad wins; Sunni Abu Bakr Dao flees to Awar, and the Askia dynasty of the Songhai Empire begins (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5779))
AD 1494 — Askia Muhammad takes Zaga through his younger brother Amar Komzago (same year, fighting Bakarmaga) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5837))
AD 1495 — Askia Muhammad sets out for the Hajj with 1,500 men (500 horse, 1,000 foot) and 300,000 gold (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5857))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1492 — Ahmadnagar Sultanate appears
◆ AD 1492 — Bijapur Sultanate appears
◆ AD 1492 — Moghulistan appears
◆ AD 1492 — Bahmani Kingdom ends

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