List of sovereign states in 1500
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Sovereign states
editA
edit- Abazinia – Abazinia
- Aceh – Aceh Sultanate
Capital: Kutaraja - Adal – Adal Sultanate
Capital: Dakkar - Ahmadnagar – Ahmadnagar Sultanate
Capital: Ahmadnagar - Ahom – Ahom Kingdom
- Airgíalla
- Ailech
- Aïr – Terene Sultanate of Aïr (to 1500)
Capital: Agadez - Ajuran – Ajuran Sultanate
Capital: Mareeg - Ağ Qoyunlu – Ağ Qoyunlu Confederation
Capital: Tabriz - Alodia – Alodia
Capital: Soba - Andorra – Principality of Andorra
Capital: Andorra la Vella - Aragon – Kingdom of Aragon
Capital: Zaragoza - Astrakhan – Khanate of Astrakhan
Capital: Xacitarxan - Ava – Kingdom of Ava
Capital: Ava - Avar – Avar Khanate
Capital: Khunzah - Ayutthaya – Ayutthaya Kingdom
Capital: Ayutthaya (city) - Aztec – Aztec Empire
Capital: Tenochtitlan
B
edit- Bamum – Kingdom of Bamum
Capital: Fumban - Banu Sulaym
- Bahmani – Bahmani Sultanate (undergoing breakup)
Capital: Bidar - Bastar – Bastar State
Capital: Jagdalpur - Benin – Benin Empire
Capital: Edo - Bengal – Sultanate of Bengal
Capital: Gaur - Berar – Berar Sultanate
Capital: Ellichpur - Bidar – Bidar Sultanate
Capital: Bidar - Bijapur – Adil Shahi dynasty of the Bijapur Sultanate
Capital: Bijapur - Bikaner
Capital: Bikaner - Bonoman
Capital: Begho - Borgu – Kingdom of Borgu
Capital: New Bussa - Bornu – Bornu Empire
Capital: Ngazargamu - Brunei – Bruneian Sultanate
Capital: Bandar Seri Begawan - Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
Capital: Mengo - Bundi – Bundi State
- Butua – Kingdom of Butua
Capital: Khami - Butuan – Rajahnate of Butuan
Capital: Butuan - Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
C
edit- Caboloan
Capital: Binalatongan - Cambodia
Capital: Chaktomuk - Chamba – Chamba State
Capital: Chamba - Champa – Chăm Pa
Capital: Panduranga - China – Empire of the Great Ming
Capital: Nanjing
Capital: Jingshi - Chutiya – Chutiya Kingdom
Capital: Sadiya - Circassia
Capital: Sochi - Clandeboye
- Cospaia - Republic of Cospaia
Capital: Cospaia - Cutch – Cutch State
Capital: Lakhiarviro
D
edit- Damot – Kingdom of Damot
- Đại Việt
Capital: Dong Kinh - Dawro – Kingdom of Dawro
- Delhi – Delhi Sultanate
Capital: Delhi - Demak – Sultanate of Demak
Capital: Bintara - Denkyira
Capital: Dunkwa-on-Offin - Desmond – Kingdom of Desmond
Capital: Cahersiveen - Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen - Dizak – Principality of Dizak
- Dulkadirids – Beylik of Dulkadir
Capital: Maraş
E
editF
editG
edit- Gajapati – Gajapati dynasty, Odisha
Capital: Cuttack - Garhwal – Kingdom of Garhwal
Capital: Devalgarh - Genoa – Republic of Genoa
Capital: Genoa - Gowa – Sultanate of Gowa
Capital: Sungguminasa - Great Fulo – Empire of Great Fulo
Capital: Anyam-Godo - Golden Horde – Golden Horde
Capital: Sarai Batu - Gujarat – Gujarat Sultanate
Capital: Muhammadabad
H
edit- Hanthawaddy – Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Capital: Hanthawaddy - Hausa Kingdoms
- Hawwara
- Holy Roman Empire (high decentralized limited elective monarchy)
- Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary
Capital: Buda
I
edit- Igala – Kingdom of Igala
Capital: Idah - Imereti – Kingdom of Imereti
Capital: Kutaisi - Inca – Inca Empire
Capital: Cusco - Iroquois – Iroquois Confederacy
Capital: Onondaga
J
edit- Jaffna – Kingdom of Jaffna
Capital: Nallur - Jailolo – Sultanate of Jailolo
Capital: Jailolo - Jaintia – Kingdom of Jaintia
Capital: Jaintia Rajbari - Jaisalmer – Kingdom of Jaisalmer
Capital: Jaisalmer - Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
Capital: Fofa - Japan – Ashikaga Shogunate
Capital: Kyoto - Jolof – Jolof Empire
Capital: Linguère - Joseon – Kingdom of Great Joseon
Capital: Hanseong - Jumla – Kingdom of Jumla
K
edit- Kabardia – Princedom of Kabardia
Capital: Nalchik - Kachari – Kingdom of Kachari
Capital: Maibang - Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
Capital: Anderaccha - Kakheti – Kingdom of Kakheti
Capital: Gremi - Kakongo – Kingdom of Kakongo
Capital: Kinguele - Kalahandi – Kalahandi State
Capital: Bhawanipatna - Kamata – Kingdom of Kamata
- Kandy – Kingdom of Kandy
Capital: Kandy - Kangleipak – Kangleipak State
- Kangra – Kingdom of Kangra
- Kanker – Kanker State
Capital: Kanker - Kartli – Kingdom of Kartli
Capital: Tbilisi - Kashmir – Shah Mir Dynasty of Kashmir
- Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
Capital: Turkistan - Kazan – Khanate of Kazan
Capital: Kazan - Khachen – Principality of Khachen
Capital: Haterk - Kilwa – Kilwa Sultanate
- Knights Hospitaller – Order of Saint John
Capital: Rhodes - Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
Capital: M'banza-Kongo - Kotte – Kingdom of Kotte
Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte - Kumaon – Kingdom of Kumaon
Capital: Champawat - Kutai – Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate
Capital: Pemarangan - Kwararafa – Kwararafa Confederacy
Capital: Wukari
L
edit- Ladakh – Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh
- Lan Na – Lanna Kingdom
Capital: Chiang Mai - Lan Xang
Capital: Luang Prabang - Lithuania – Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Capital: Vilnius - Luwu – Kingdom of Luwu
Capital: Wara
M
edit- Madja-as – Confederation of Madja-as
Capital: Irong-Irong - Magh Luirg
- Majapahit – Majapahit Empire
Capital: Majapahit - Malacca – The Malay Sultanate of Malacca
Capital: Malacca - Maldives – Sultanate of the Maldives
Capital: Malé - Mali – Mali Empire
Capital: Niani village - Malwa – Malwa Sultanate
Capital: Mandu - Mamluk – Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
Capital: Cairo - Mandara – Kingdom of Mandara
- Mankessim – Kingdom of Mankessim
Capital: Mankessim - Maravi – Kingdom of Maravi
Capital: Manthimba - Marwar – Kingdom of Marwar
Capital: Jodhpur - Mayas – Maya civilization
- Maynila – Kingdom of Maynila
- Medri Bahri – Land of the Sea
Capital: Debarwa - Mewar – Mewar Kingdom
Capital: Chittor - Mewat – Mewat State
Capital: Alwar - Moghulistan
Capital: Almaliq - Morocco – Wattasid dynasty of Morocco
Capital: Fes - Mossi Kingdoms
- Mrauk U – Kingdom of Mrauk U
Capital: Mrauk U - Muisca Confederation
- Muscovy – Grand Duchy of Muscovy
Capital: Moscow - Mustang – Kingdom of Mustang
Capital: Lo Manthang - Mutapa – Kingdom of Mutapa
Capital: Zvongombe
N
edit- Namayan - Kingdom of Namayan
Capital: Sapa - Naples – Kingdom of Naples
Capital: Naples - Navarre – Kingdom of Navarre
Capital: Pamplona - Nepal – Malla dynasty of Nepal (divided into three kingdoms since 1482)
- Nogai – Nogai Horde
Capital: Saray-Jük - Noli – Republic of Noli
Capital: Noli - Nri – Kingdom of Nri
Capital: Igbo-Ukwu - Nupe – Kingdom of Nupe
Capital: Bida
O
edit- Oirat – Four Oirat
- Oman – Imamate of Oman
Capital: Nizwa - Osraige
Capital: Kilkenny - Ottoman Empire
Capital: Constantinople - Oyo – Oyo Empire
Capital: Oyo-Ile
P
edit- Pagaruyung – Kingdom of Pagaruyung
Capital: Pagaruyung - Papal States - State of the Church
Capital: Rome - Patna – Patna State
Capital: Balangir - Poland – Kingdom of Poland
Capital: Kraków - Portugal – Kingdom of Portugal
Capital: Lisbon - Prome – Kingdom of Prome
Capital: Pyay - Pskov – Republic of Pskov
Capital: Pskov
R
edit- Ragusa – Republic of Ragusa
Capital: Ragusa - Ramazanids – Emirate of Ramadan
Capital: Adana - Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
Capital: Te Peu - Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
Capital: Nyanza - Ryazan – Principality of Ryazan
Capital: Ryazan - Ryukyu – Ryukyu Kingdom
Capital: Shuri
S
edit- Saloum – Kingdom of Saloum
Capital: Kahone - Samtskhe – Samtskhe Atabegate
Capital: Akhaltsikhe - Samudera Pasai – Samudera Pasai Sultanate
Capital: Pasai - San Marino – Republic of San Marino
Capital: City of San Marino - Saudeleur – Saudeleur dynasty
Capital: Nan Madol - Scotland – Kingdom of Scotland
Capital: Edinburgh - Senarica – Senarica Republic
Capital: Senarica - Shan States (minor kingdoms of Burma)
- Shewa – Sultanate of Shewa
Capital: Tegulat - Shaybanid Uzbek State (Khanate of Bukhara)
Capital: Samarkand - Shilluk – Shilluk Kingdom
- Sibir – Khanate of Sibir
Capital: Qashliq - Sindh – Samma dynasty of Sindh
Capital: Thatta - Songhai – Songhai Empire
Capital: Gao - Suket – Suket State
Capital: Sundar Nagar - Sunda – Kingdom of Sunda
Capital: Pakuan Pajajaran - Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden
Capital: Stockholm
T
edit- Tarascan state
Capital: Tzintzuntzan (Mesoamerican site) - Ternate – Sultanate of Ternate
Capital: Ternate - Teutonic Knights – State of the Teutonic Order
Capital: Königsberg - Thomond – Kingdom of Thomond
- Tibet, Phagmodrupa – Phagmodrupa dynasty of Tibet
Capital: Nêdong - Tibet, Rinpungpa – Rinpungpa dynasty of Tibet
Capital: Shigatse - Tidore – Sultanate of Tidore
Capital: Tidore - Timurid Empire
Capital: Herat - Tlaxcala – Confederacy of Tlaxcala
Capital: Tlaxcala - Tlemcen – Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen
Capital: Tlemcen - Tondo – Tundun
Capital: Tondo - Tonga – Tu'i Tonga Empire
Capital: Mu'a (Tongatapu) - Tunjurs – Tunjur Kingdom
Capital: Uri - Tunis – Sultanate of Tunis
Capital: Tunis - Tyrconnell
Capital: Kilmacrennan
Capital: Donegal Castle - Tyrone
- Twipra – Kingdom of Twipra
Capital: Khorongma
U
editV
edit- Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice
Capital: Venice - Vijayanagara – Vijayanagara Empire
Capital: Vijayanagara
W
edit- Warsangali – Warsangali Sultanate
Capital: Las Khorey - Wehali – Sultanate of Wehali
- Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta
Y
editZ
editHoly Roman Empire
editThe Holy Roman Empire was a highly decentralized collection of polities.[1] A comprehensive list of all of its anachronistic components has been made at List of states in the Holy Roman Empire, and would be much too large to fit here.
- Austria – Archduchy of Austria
Capital: Vienna - Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
Capital: Regensburg - Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia
Capital: Prague - Brandenburg – Margraviate of Brandenburg
Capital: Berlin - Electoral Palatinate – County Palatine of the Rhine
Capital: Heidelberg - Florence – Republic of Florence
Capital: Florence - Lorraine – Duchy of Lorraine
Capital: Nancy - Savoy – Duchy of Savoy
Capital: Chambéry - Saxony – Electorate of Saxony
Capital: Wittenberg - Switzerland – Swiss Confederacy
Crowns and Unions
editCrowns were composite monarchies composed of multiple countries under one ruler.
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Norway
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Polish–Lithuanian union (federal union)
- Kingdom of Poland
- Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Kingdom of Aragon
- Principality of Catalonia
- Kingdom of Majorca
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Kingdom of Sicily
- Castile – Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of Castile
- Kingdom of Leon
Non-Sovereign Territories
editEngland
editGujarat
editImereti
edit- Guria (client state) – Principality of Guria
Capital: Ozurgeti - Svaneti (subject) – Principality of Svaneti
Ottoman Empire
edit- Crimean Khanate – Crimean Khanate (vassal)
Capital: Bakhchysarai - Wallachia – Principality of Wallachia (vassal)
Capital: Târgoviște
Poland
editPortugal
edit- Azores (possession)
- Brazil (colony)
- Ceuta (possession; Moroccan city captured in 1415)
- Portuguese Gold Coast (colony)
Capital: São Jorge da Mina - Portuguese Mozambique (colony)
Capital: Lourenço Marques - Príncipe (colony)
- São Tomé (colony)
- Tangier (possession)
Spain (Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon)
edit- Canary Islands – Kingdom of the Canary Islands
Capital: Teguise (municipality) - Mellila – Mellila (Moroccan city seized in 1497)
Sunda
editVijayanagara
editReferences
edit- ^ Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends (1996), Oxford University Press, p. 23.
- ^ Hunter, Sir William Wilson (1908–1931). Imperial gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 405. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Sewell, Robert (1900). A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): A Contribution to the History of India. Asian Educational Services. p. 122. ISBN 9788120601253. Retrieved 14 December 2016.