List of sovereign states in 1496

The notion of a sovereign state arises in the 16th century with the development of modern diplomacy. For earlier times, the term "sovereign state" is an anachronism. What corresponded to sovereign states in the medieval and ancient period were monarchs ruling By the Grace of God, de facto feudal or imperial autocrats, or de facto independent nations or tribal confederations.

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Sovereign states

A

B

C
  • Castille - Crown of Castille
  • Catalonia - Principality of Catalonia
  •   Ceylon - Kotte Kingdom
  •  Chagatai Khanate - Chagatai Khanate
  •  Champa - Kingdom of Champa
  •  Cherokee - Cherokee Tribe
  •  China - Empire of the Great Ming
  • Cleves - Duchy of Cleves
  • Cologne - Electorate of Cologne
  • Connacht - Kingdom of Connacht
  • Cospaia - Republic of Cospaia
  •  Creek - Creek Tribe
  • Crimea - Crimean Khanate

D

E

F

G

H
  •  Haasa - The Sheikdom of al-Haasa
  •  Hamburg - Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  •  Hausa - Hausa Kingdoms
  • Hejaz - Sultanate of Hejaz
  • Hesse - Landgraviate of Hesse
  • Hungary - Kingdom of Hungary
  •  Huron - Huron Tribe

I

J
  •  Japan - Sengoku period of Japan

K
  •  Kanem Bornu - Bornu Empire
  •  Kartli - Kingdom of Kartli
  •  Kashmir - Sultanate of Kashmir
  • Kazakh - Kazakh Khanate
  • Kazan - Kazan Khanate
  •  Khandesh - Kingdom of Khandesh
  •  Khmer - Khmer Empire
  • Knights Hospitaller - Sovereign Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta, Knights of Malta, Knights of Rhodes, and Chevaliers of Malta
  • Kongo - Kingdom of Kongo
  • Korea - Kingdom of Joseon

L
  •  Lan Na - Kingdom of Lan Na
  •  Lan Xang - Kingdom of Lan Xang
  • Leinster - Kingdom of Leinster
  • Liège - Prince-Bishopric of Liège
  • Lithuania - Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  • Lorraine - Duchy of Lorraine

M
  • Mainz - Archbishopric of Mainz
  •  Makassar - Sultanate of Makassar
  •  Malacca - Sultanate of Malacca
  • Maldives - Sultanate of Maldives
  •  Mali - Mali Empire
  •  Malwa - Malwa Sultanate
  • Mamluk - Mamluk Sultanate
  •  Manchu - Manchu People
  •  Manipur - Kingdom of Manipur
  • Mantua - Duchy of Mantua
  •  Maya - Maya Empire
  • Mazovia - Duchy of Mazovia
  • Mecklenburg - Duchy of Mecklenburg
  • Milan - Duchy of Milan
  • Modena - Duchy of Modena and Reggio
  •  Moldavia - Principality of Moldavia
  • Monaco - Principality of Monaco
  •  Mongol Khanate - Khanate of Mongol
  •  Morocco - Sultanate of Morocco
  • Moscow - Grand Duchy of Moscow
  •  Mrauk U - Kingdom of Mrauk U
  • Munster - Kingdom of Munster
  • Münster - Prince-Bishopric of Münster
  •  Mutapa - Kingdom of Mutapa
  • Mysore - Kingdom of Mysore

N
  • Najd - Sultanate of Najd
  • Naples - Kingdom of Naples
  • Navarra - Kingdom of Navarra
  • Naxos - Duchy of the Naxos
  •  Nepal - Kingdom of Nepal
  •  Nogai - Nogai Horde
  • Norway - Kingdom of Norway

O

P
  • Electorate of the Palatinate - Palatinate of the Rhine
  •  Papal States - States of the Church
  •  Pegu - Kingdom of Pegu
  •  Pisa - Republic of Pisa
  • Poland - Kingdom of Poland
  • Pomerania - Duchy of Pomerania
  • Portugal - Kingdom of Portugal
  • Pskov - Pskov Republic

Q

R
  • Ragusa - Republic of Ragusa
  •  Rājputāna - Kingdom of Rājputāna
  • Riga - Archbishopric of Riga
  •  Ryūkyū - Kingdom of Ryūkyū

S

T

U
  • Urbino - Archdiocese of Urbino
  • Utrecht - Bishopric of Utrecht

V

W
  •  Wallachia - Principality of Wallachia
  • Württemberg - Duchy of Württemberg
  • Würzburg - Bishopric of Würzburg

Y
  • Yemen - Kingdom of Yemen

Z
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