World map in AD 1612 — territory by country

Frame AD 1612 — world borders from AD 1612 to AD 1618. 105 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 6.53 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (105, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 6.53 million km²
2	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 5.30 million km²
3	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.85 million km²
4	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.78 million km²
5	Golden Horde	≈ 3.51 million km²
6	Mughal Empire	≈ 2.84 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.60 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.56 million km²
9	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
10	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 951 thousand km²
11	Moghulistan	≈ 936 thousand km²
12	Iberian Union	≈ 798 thousand km²
13	Swedish Empire	≈ 716 thousand km²
14	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
15	Denmark–Norway	≈ 621 thousand km²
16	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
17	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
18	Kingdom of France	≈ 466 thousand km²
19	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 450 thousand km²
20	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
21	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
22	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 400 thousand km²
23	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 384 thousand km²
24	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
25	Dzungar Khanate	≈ 366 thousand km²
26	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 352 thousand km²
27	Kingdom of England	≈ 342 thousand km²
28	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
29	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
30	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 297 thousand km²
31	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 297 thousand km²
32	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 291 thousand km²
33	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
34	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 247 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
36	Jesuit missions among the Guaraní	≈ 216 thousand km²
37	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
38	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 169 thousand km²
39	Gorkha kingdom	≈ 148 thousand km²
40	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
42	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
43	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 120 thousand km²
44	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 109 thousand km²
45	Nogai Horde	≈ 108 thousand km²
46	Trịnh lords	≈ 103 thousand km²
47	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 101 thousand km²
48	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
49	Banten Sultanate	≈ 85 thousand km²
50	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
52	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
53	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
54	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
55	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
56	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
57	Crimean Khanate	≈ 59 thousand km²
58	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 56 thousand km²
59	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 54 thousand km²
60	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
61	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
62	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
63	Mataram Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
64	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 44 thousand km²
65	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
66	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
67	House of Savoy	≈ 40 thousand km²
68	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
69	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
70	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
71	Dutch Republic	≈ 34 thousand km²
72	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
73	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
74	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 31 thousand km²
75	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
76	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
77	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
78	Bali Kingdom	≈ 22 thousand km²
79	Patani Kingdom	≈ 20 thousand km²
80	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
82	New France	≈ 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	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 15 thousand km²
87	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
88	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
89	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
91	Mạc dynasty	≈ 10 thousand km²
92	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
93	Oyo Empire	≈ 6,032 km²
94	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 5,829 km²
95	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
96	English overseas possessions	≈ 4,059 km²
97	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
98	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
99	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
100	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
101	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
102	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1,134 km²
103	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
104	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
105	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²

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

New countries in this frame (7)

Swedish Empire · Kingdom of Kartli · Sultanate of Maguindanao · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Mali Empire · Sweden

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, ≈ 186 thousand km²
Safavid dynasty → former land of Ottoman Empire, ≈ 160 thousand km²

The world in AD 1612

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

China (4)

AD 1615 — Zhang Cha, a man from Jizhou, entered Ciqing Palace with a club and wounded an inner attendant (the Zhangji Incident). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷21 萬曆四十三年)
AD 1616 — Nurhaci ascended the throne, set up a reign era by Heaven's mandate, and named the state Later Jin (後金). (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷1 天命1年正月)
AD 1618 — The Qing army took Fushun City; Captain Wang Mingyin was killed. Then Commander-in-Chief Zhang Chengyin came to relieve it and was routed. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷21 萬曆四十六年)
AD 1618 — Li Yongfang, a Ming guerrilla commander at Fushun, surrendered; he was made commander-in-chief to lead the Han people, and the city was abandoned. (Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) 清史稿卷1 天命3年二月)

Egypt & North Africa (1)

AD 1618 — Pasha Ammar returns to Marrakesh with Amin (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15164))

Sub-Saharan Africa (4)

AD 1612 — Pasha Mahmud Rongko is deposed and takes over his post (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXVII-XXIX (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 13776))
AD 1617 — The pasha is deposed after a clash with Caid Hadu ben Yusuf (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15041))
AD 1618 — The army deposes Pasha Ahmad ben Yusuf (reign of 1 year 4 months) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15182))
AD 1618 — A comet appears (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XXXI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 15201))

Western Europe (2)

AD 1617 — The Leiden church openly debated going to unsettled America. Many feared and opposed it, but they resolved to go (debate between Guiana and Virginia). (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.2674)
AD 1618 — Robert Cushman carried the Leiden church's letters and confession of faith in person to Sir John Wolstenholme, and sat in on the reading (negotiations with the Virginia Company). (Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation Bradford 1908 Jameson판 OCR l.3208)

The Americas (1)

AD 1613 — This volume contains the Saint-Sauveur mission on Mount Desert Island and its destruction by the Virginian Argall (editor's preface) (The Jesuit Relations Thwaites, Jesuit Relations vol. 2 (파일 jesuits02jesuuoft.txt, 공백정리본 4676자 지점))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1612 — Kingdom of Kartli appears
◆ AD 1612 — Sultanate of Maguindanao appears
◆ AD 1612 — Mali Empire ends
◆ AD 1612 — Ottoman Empire takes 185,700 km² of former Safavid dynasty land
◆ AD 1612 — Safavid dynasty takes 160,200 km² of former Ottoman Empire land
◆ AD 1612 — Safavid dynasty loses 185,700 km² to Ottoman Empire
◆ AD 1612 — Ottoman Empire loses 160,200 km² to Safavid dynasty

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