World map in AD 1588 — territory by country

Frame AD 1588 — world borders from AD 1588 to AD 1594. 100 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 6.08 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (100, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 6.08 million km²
2	Ottoman Empire	≈ 4.25 million km²
3	Golden Horde	≈ 3.88 million km²
4	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.66 million km²
5	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 3.59 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.56 million km²
7	Mughal Empire	≈ 2.36 million km²
8	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.20 million km²
9	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
10	Moghulistan	≈ 937 thousand km²
11	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 843 thousand km²
12	Iberian Union	≈ 814 thousand km²
13	Sweden	≈ 709 thousand km²
14	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 704 thousand km²
15	Songhai Empire	≈ 666 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
17	Denmark–Norway	≈ 616 thousand km²
18	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 578 thousand km²
19	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
20	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
21	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
22	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
23	Kingdom of France	≈ 387 thousand km²
24	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 382 thousand km²
25	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
26	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 353 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Sengoku period	≈ 325 thousand km²
29	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 295 thousand km²
30	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 291 thousand km²
31	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
32	Kingdom of England	≈ 249 thousand km²
33	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 247 thousand km²
34	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
35	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
36	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 153 thousand km²
37	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
38	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
40	Mali Empire	≈ 127 thousand km²
41	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
42	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 120 thousand km²
43	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 114 thousand km²
44	Nogai Horde	≈ 108 thousand km²
45	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
46	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 101 thousand km²
47	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
48	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
49	Crimean Khanate	≈ 86 thousand km²
50	Banten Sultanate	≈ 85 thousand km²
51	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
53	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
54	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
55	House of Bourbon	≈ 74 thousand km²
56	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
57	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
58	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
59	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
60	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 60 thousand km²
61	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
62	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
63	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
64	Trịnh lords	≈ 46 thousand km²
65	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
66	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 44 thousand km²
67	House of Savoy	≈ 44 thousand km²
68	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
69	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
70	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
71	Sur Empire	≈ 39 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
73	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
74	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
75	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
76	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 31 thousand km²
77	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
78	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
79	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
80	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
82	Dutch Republic	≈ 18 thousand km²
83	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
84	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
85	Republic of Genoa	≈ 16 thousand km²
86	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
87	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
88	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
89	Patani Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
90	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
91	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
92	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 4,392 km²
93	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
94	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
95	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
96	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
97	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
98	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1,217 km²
99	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
100	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²

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

New countries in this frame (4)

Ayutthaya Kingdom · Lan Xang · Gorkha kingdom · Mataram Sultanate

Countries that disappeared in this frame (3)

Khanate of Sibir · Kashmir Sultanate · Lontara script

Directions of expansion (2)

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

Ottoman Empire → former land of Safavid dynasty, ≈ 385 thousand km²
Mughal Empire → former land of Kashmir Sultanate, ≈ 140 thousand km²

The world in AD 1588

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

China (2)

AD 1592 — Bo Bai, a retired deputy commander in Ningxia, killed Governor Dang Xin and others, seized the city and rebelled. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 萬曆二十年)
AD 1593 — Li Rusong attacked the royal capital but was defeated at Byeokjegwan. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 萬曆二十一年)

Korean Peninsula (2)

AD 1592 — Japan invaded Joseon and took the royal capital; the Joseon king Seonjo fled to Uiju and asked for help (Imjin War). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 萬曆二十年)
AD 1593 — Li Rusong attacked the Japanese army at Pyongyang and took it. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 萬曆二十一年)

Southeast Asia (2)

AD 1591 — The Mạc tried to raise a great army of more than 100,000 (four jin, four wei, five bu). (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十七「'''辛卯，十四年（莫改興治爲洪」)
AD 1594 — Grand Chancellor Hoàng Đình Ái attacked Lạng Sơn; the false Duke Yen surrendered and was murdered. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十七「'''甲午，十七年（明萬曆二十二」)

Egypt & North Africa (2)

AD 1590 — Moroccan sultan Mulay Ahmad decides to send a force to Sudan and sends it off (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXI-XXIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 10004))
AD 1594 — The caravan arrives at Marrakesh (Ahmad Baba is mentioned) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXIV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 12018))

Sub-Saharan Africa (17)

AD 1588 — Sala is killed by Balama Muhammad Es-Sadeq (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9183))
AD 1588 — Leaves Kabara and advances (the subject is not in the sentence; from context, Balama Muhammad Es-Sadeq) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9256))
AD 1588 — Muhammad Bano, knowing Balama's plan, leaves Gao to meet the enemy (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9260))
AD 1588 — Askia Ishaq, son of Dawud, is proclaimed sultan (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9287))
AD 1588 — Ishaq campaigns against the pagans of Gurma, Nenitanoko; on the way Binkafarma Muhammad Haiko dies (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9691))
AD 1589 — Ishaq campaigns against Tinfina, the pagan region of Gurma (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9718))
AD 1590 — Ishaq, uneasy at news of the approach of Pasha Judar's army, campaigns to Kala (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 9730))
AD 1591 — The Moroccan army camps for 35 days below the southern wall of Timbuktu (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXI-XXIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 10186))
AD 1591 — The Moroccan army enters Timbuktu and tours the city (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXI-XXIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 10209))
AD 1591 — Mahmud ben Zarq arrives at Timbuktu with Caid Abd el-Ali and Hammu Barka (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXI-XXIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 10376))

Eastern Europe & Russia (7)

AD 1588 — Giles Fletcher's embassy to Russia — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.8574 (표제 l.8566))
AD 1588 — On September 10 Chorkov sent Seydyak, Saltan and Karacha to Moscow; the tsar had them baptized and gave them estates and provisions. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.126)
AD 1590 — In October 1590 Sigismund's envoys Radomski and Voina arrived at Moscow to negotiate peace and an alliance. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제10권 II장)
AD 1590 — On July 28 Kuchum gathered his whole army to attack Tobolsk, but turned back out of fear and only raided the villages of Kaurdak and Salin. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.127)
AD 1591 — In summer 1591, as the khan marched on Moscow, Swedish troops near Gdov defeated a Rus detachment and captured the governor Dolgorukov. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제10권 II장)
AD 1591 — Voevoda Marsalsky of Tobolsk set out on July 8 and on August 1 attacked Kuchum at Lake Chirikul on the Ishim; he captured Kuchum's son and two wives. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.128)
AD 1591 — Kuchum hid in the forests and lakes upstream of the Ishim near the Kalmyk border, harassed the Tara area, and roamed until 7105. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.129)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1588 — Ayutthaya Kingdom appears
◆ AD 1588 — Gorkha kingdom appears
◆ AD 1588 — Lan Xang appears
◆ AD 1588 — Kashmir Sultanate ends
◆ AD 1588 — Khanate of Sibir ends
◆ AD 1588 — Ottoman Empire takes 385,000 km² of former Safavid dynasty land
◆ AD 1588 — Mughal Empire takes 139,700 km² of former Kashmir Sultanate land
◆ AD 1588 — Safavid dynasty loses 385,000 km² to Ottoman Empire