List of sovereign states in 1500

Sovereign states

A

• Abazinia – Abazinia
• Aceh – Aceh Sultanate
• Adal – Adal Sultanate
• Ahmadnagar – Ahmadnagar Sultanate
• Ahom – Ahom Kingdom
• Airgíalla
• Ailech
• Aïr – Terene Sultanate of Aïr <small>(to 1500)</small>
• Ajuran – Ajuran Sultanate
• Ağ Qoyunlu – Ağ Qoyunlu Confederation
• Alodia – Alodia
• Andorra – Principality of Andorra
• Astrakhan – Khanate of Astrakhan
• Ava – Kingdom of Ava
• Avar – Avar Khanate
• Ayutthaya – Ayutthaya Kingdom
• Aztec – Aztec Empire
• Tenochtitlan
• Texcoco
• Tlacopan

B

• Bamum – Kingdom of Bamum
• Banu Sulaym
• Bahmani – Bahmani Sultanate
• Bastar – Bastar State
• Benin – Benin Empire
• Bengal – Sultanate of Bengal
• Berar – Berar Sultanate
• Bidar – Bidar Sultanate
• Bijapur – Adil Shahi dynasty of the Bijapur Sultanate
• Bikaner
• Bonoman
• Borgu – Kingdom of Borgu
• Bornu – Bornu Empire
• Brunei – Bruneian Sultanate
• Buganda – Kingdom of Buganda
• Bundi – Bundi State
• Butua – Kingdom of Butua
• Butuan – Rajahnate of Butuan
• Bunyoro – Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara

C

• Caboloan
• Cambodia
• Chamba – Chamba State
• Champa – Chăm Pa
• China – Empire of the Great Ming
• Chutiya – Chutiya Kingdom
• Circassia
• Clandeboye
• Cospaia - Republic of Cospaia
• Cutch – Cutch State

D

• Damot – Kingdom of Damot
• Đại Việt
• Dawro – Kingdom of Dawro
• Delhi – Delhi Sultanate
• Demak – Sultanate of Demak
• Denkyira
• Desmond – Kingdom of Desmond
• Denmark – Kingdom of Denmark
• Dizak – Principality of Dizak
• Dulkadirids – Beylik of Dulkadir

E

• – Kingdom of England
• Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire

F

• Fermanagh
• – Kingdom of France

G

• Gajapati – Gajapati dynasty, Odisha
• Garhwal – Kingdom of Garhwal
• – Republic of Genoa
• Gowa – Sultanate of Gowa
• Great Fulo – Empire of Great Fulo
• Golden Horde – Golden Horde
• Gujarat – Gujarat Sultanate

H

• Hanthawaddy – Hanthawaddy Kingdom
• Hausa Kingdoms
• Hawwara
• Hungary – Kingdom of Hungary

I

• Igala – Kingdom of Igala
• Imereti – Kingdom of Imereti
• Inca – Inca Empire
• Iroquois – Iroquois Confederacy

J

• Jaffna – Kingdom of Jaffna
• Jailolo – Sultanate of Jailolo
• Jaintia – Kingdom of Jaintia
• Jaisalmer – Kingdom of Jaisalmer
• Janjero – Kingdom of Janjero
• Japan – Ashikaga Shogunate
• Jolof – Jolof Empire
• Joseon – Kingdom of Great Joseon
• Jumla – Kingdom of Jumla

K

• Kabardia – Princedom of Kabardia
• Kachari – Kingdom of Kachari
• Kaffa – Kingdom of Kaffa
• Kakheti – Kingdom of Kakheti
• Kakongo – Kingdom of Kakongo
• Kalahandi – Kalahandi State
• Kamata – Kingdom of Kamata
• Kandy – Kingdom of Kandy
• Kangleipak – Kangleipak State
• Kangra – Kingdom of Kangra
• Kanker – Kanker State
• Kartli – Kingdom of Kartli
• Kashmir – Shah Mir Dynasty of Kashmir
• Kazakh – Kazakh Khanate
• Kazan – Khanate of Kazan
• Khachen – Principality of Khachen
• Kilwa – Kilwa Sultanate
• Knights Hospitaller – Order of Saint John
• Kongo – Kingdom of Kongo
• – Kingdom of Kotte
• Kumaon – Kingdom of Kumaon
• Kutai – Kutai Kartanegara Sultanate
• Kwararafa – Kwararafa Confederacy

L

• Ladakh – Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh
• Lan Na – Lanna Kingdom
• Lan Xang
• Lithuania – Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• Luwu – Kingdom of Luwu

M

• Madja-as – Confederation of Madja-as
• Magh Luirg
• Majapahit – Majapahit Empire
• Malacca – The Malay Sultanate of Malacca
• Maldives – Sultanate of the Maldives
• Mali – Mali Empire
• Malwa – Malwa Sultanate
• Mamluk – Mamluk Sultanate of Cairo
• Mandara – Kingdom of Mandara
• Mankessim – Kingdom of Mankessim
• Maravi – Kingdom of Maravi
• Marwar – Kingdom of Marwar
• Mayas – Maya civilization
• Maynila – Kingdom of Maynila
• Medri Bahri – Land of the Sea
• Mewar – Mewar Kingdom
• Mewat – Mewat State
• Moghulistan
• Morocco – Wattasid dynasty of Morocco
• Mossi Kingdoms
• Mrauk U – Kingdom of Mrauk U
• Muisca Confederation
• Muscovy – Grand Duchy of Muscovy
• Mustang – Kingdom of Mustang
• Mutapa – Kingdom of Mutapa

N

• Namayan - Kingdom of Namayan
• – Kingdom of Naples
• Navarre – Kingdom of Navarre
• Nepal – Malla dynasty of Nepal
• Nogai – Nogai Horde
• Noli – Republic of Noli
• Nri – Kingdom of Nri
• Nupe – Kingdom of Nupe

O

• Oirat – Four Oirat
• Oman – Imamate of Oman
• Osraige
• Ottoman Empire
• Oyo – Oyo Empire

P

• Pagaruyung – Kingdom of Pagaruyung
• - State of the Church
• Patna – Patna State
• Poland – Kingdom of Poland
• – Kingdom of Portugal
• Prome – Kingdom of Prome
• Pskov – Republic of Pskov

R

• – Republic of Ragusa
• Ramazanids – Emirate of Ramadan
• Rapa Nui – Kingdom of Rapa Nui
• Rwanda – Kingdom of Rwanda
• Ryazan – Principality of Ryazan
• Ryukyu – Ryukyu Kingdom

S

• Saloum – Kingdom of Saloum
• Samtskhe – Samtskhe Atabegate
• Samudera Pasai – Samudera Pasai Sultanate
• San Marino – Republic of San Marino
• Saudeleur – Saudeleur dynasty
• Scotland – Kingdom of Scotland
• Senarica – Senarica Republic
• Shan States
• Shewa – Sultanate of Shewa
• Shaybanid Uzbek State (Khanate of Bukhara)
• Shilluk – Shilluk Kingdom
• Sibir – Khanate of Sibir
• Sindh – Samma dynasty of Sindh
• Songhai – Songhai Empire
• Suket – Suket State
• Sunda – Kingdom of Sunda
• Sweden – Kingdom of Sweden

T

• Tarascan state
• Ternate – Sultanate of Ternate
• Teutonic Knights – State of the Teutonic Order
• Thomond – Kingdom of Thomond
• Tibet, Phagmodrupa – Phagmodrupa dynasty of Tibet
• Tibet, Rinpungpa – Rinpungpa dynasty of Tibet
• Tidore – Sultanate of Tidore
• Timurid Empire
• Tlaxcala – Confederacy of Tlaxcala
• Tlemcen – Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen
• Tondo – Tundun
• Tonga – Tu'i Tonga Empire
• Tunjurs – Tunjur Kingdom
• Tunis – Sultanate of Tunis
• Tyrconnell
• Tyrone
• Twipra – Kingdom of Twipra

U

• Uí Maine
• Usfurids – Usfurid dynasty

V

• Venice – Most Serene Republic of Venice
• Vijayanagara – Vijayanagara Empire

W

• Warsangali – Warsangali Sultanate
• Wehali – Sultanate of Wehali
• Welayta – Kingdom of Welayta

Y

• Yemen – Tahirid dynasty of Yemen
• Yuan – Northern Yuan

Z

• Zapotec – Zapotec Empire

Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a highly decentralized collection of polities. 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
• Bavaria – Duchy of Bavaria
• Bohemia – Kingdom of Bohemia
• Brandenburg – Margraviate of Brandenburg
• Electoral Palatinate – County Palatine of the Rhine
• – Republic of Florence
• Lorraine – Duchy of Lorraine
• – Duchy of Savoy
• Saxony – Electorate of Saxony
• Switzerland – Swiss Confederacy

Crowns and Unions

Crowns were composite monarchies composed of multiple countries under one ruler.

• Polish–Lithuanian union

• Spain
• Aragon – Crown of Aragon
• Kingdom of Aragon
• Principality of Catalonia
• Kingdom of Valencia
• Kingdom of Majorca
• Kingdom of Sardinia
• Kingdom of Sicily
• Kingdom of Naples
• – Crown of Castile

Non-Sovereign Territories

England

• Wales – Principality of Wales

Gujarat

• Khandesh – Faruqi dynasty of the Khandesh Sultanate

Imereti

• Guria – Principality of Guria
• Svaneti – Principality of Svaneti

Ottoman Empire

• Crimean Khanate – Crimean Khanate
• – Principality of Wallachia

Poland

• – Principality of Moldavia

Portugal

• Azores
• Brazil
• Ceuta
• Portuguese Gold Coast
• Portuguese Mozambique
• Príncipe
• São Tomé
• Tangier

Spain (Crown of Castile and Crown of Aragon)

• Canary Islands – Kingdom of the Canary Islands
• Mellila – Mellila

Sunda

• Cirebon – Sultanate of Cirebon

Vijayanagara

• Calicut – Kingdom of Kozhikode
• Mysore – Kingdom of Mysore

References