Map of the world with territory held by each leader while they reigned

[dunkleosteus]

I made a map of the world based on an approximation of the land held by each leader that currently exists (Alexander and Cyrus being announced earlier this week)

I also posted it on reddit, but I figure there may be people here that don't use reddit that could still be interested in this.

Spoiler Edit :

To address what people say here and on reddit: on reddit I mentioned first that I didn't go for the greatest extant of the empires of each leader, as there are 23 and a lot of this data was difficult to find at best. Instead, I settled for those that were at least accurate at some point during their rule.

Known errors:
1. America had territory in the Philipines and other pacific islands.
2. I forgot to add Spain's colonies; I knew he had a lot of territory outside of modern Spain in Europe and when I found a map that showed that, I forgot to look for New Spain in the Americas as well.
3. Australia had control of Papua and New Guinea, but I did not mark that on the map.
4. Hojo did not have control of all of Japan as I've shown here. This was due to difficulty finding a map of his territory. I was unsure if I was seeing maps of subsets of his empire or modern regions with the same name as the territory held by his shogunate.
5. The map I used for the British Empire was from 1886, not 1900. As I mentioned above, I considered this sufficient. Victoria isn't exactly old in Civ 6, so I don't have a problem with using her empire from an earlier stage of her reign.
Here is the image I used for the British Empire:

6. Poland is in the wrong place
7. Russia doesn't include Moscow, whoops.

 

[The Kingmaker]

Good work! One small quibble: Philip II was technically ruler over large swathes of territory in the New World.

 

[Guandao]

And the Philippines, hence the name.

For the European powers, their rule of those territories doesn't necessarily mean that those territories cannot be civs. Same goes for US and Native American peoples. Brazil and their indigenous people. Australia and Aboriginals. Even Russia and indigenous Siberians. I know many indigenous people won't fit the traditional definition of civilization, but Firaxis did add civs like the Shoshone and Polynesia in Civ5. Not everyone has to be compared to the Roman Empire.

Hopefully, Mali and Ethiopia could help fill that void in Africa. Kongo has too much room to expand and ends up with high science and culture...

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I always thought the Scythians ruled what is now Ukraine stretching eastward north of the Caucasus Mountains and Caspian Sea.

 

[Futumch]

It's a good map! Interesting to see the clutter in the Mediterranean basin, lots of back-and-forth between civs there.

At the time John Curtin was PM of Australia, we (Australia) also controlled the northern part of east Papua, which the Germans lost after WWI. Basically all of what is now Papua New Guinea was directly controlled by the Commonwealth in one form or another.

 

[CPWimmer]

Good work! One small quibble: Philip II was technically ruler over large swathes of territory in the New World.

Indeed. If you are going to count Victoria's colonial territories, you certainly need to count Philip's! He had holdings all throughout the Americas and by the end of his reign parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. I would love to see an updated version of this map with this included.

 

[Leyrann]

I do find it kinda funny that people are complaining so much about eurocentrism, yet the middle-east has had many more leaders, judging from the complexity of the colours.

 

[Siptah]

All we need now are a colonial French and Portuguese ruler and the map is nicely covered
Thanks for your work! I always forget how 'small' Saladin's reach was.

 

[Mesix]

I think the absence of native American civilizations points to a likelihood that the New World may play a big role in the first Expansion. It would be cool if the game added colonial mechanics.

 

[Panixs]

I think you are missing quite a bit of Victoria's red

 

[Siptah]

I think you are missing quite a bit of Victoria's red

This map is not correct though. Some of the parts highlighted here were protectorates that were formally part of other states (like the Ottoman Empire) or even formally independent (without being it in reality of course).

 

[Leyrann]

This map is not correct though. Some of the parts highlighted here were protectorates that were formerly part of other states (like the Ottoman Empire) or even formerly independent (without being it in reality of course).

By 1900 most of Africa was divided between England and France though, while Africa is not covered in the map.

 

[Piruparka]

Awesome work! I would love to see a zoom into Europe since this is buisiest place.

 

[Leyrann]

Awesome work! I would love to see a zoom into Europe since this is buisiest place.

Don't forget the Middle-East.

 

[Siptah]

By 1900 most of Africa was divided between England and France though, while Africa is not covered in the map.

Sorry, I wrote the wrong word: formerly instead of formally. It is corrected now.

 

[dunkleosteus]

Edit:moved to spoiler in OP

 

[UkrNixon]

Map of Poland-Lithuania is not entirely correct, as they never owned Azov Sea coast, and certainly not Kuban. Also, what is that weird thin strip of land in Western Ukraine/Hungary?
Also, how come Russia doesn't own Moscow and Petersburg on this map?
Aaand no Scythians in Southern Ukraine for some reason

 

[dunkleosteus]

For Scythia, I used the territory controlled by the tribe that Tomyris was from, not the area referred to as "Scythia" see this map which I used, Tomyris was from the Masagetae, but there is an area much farther west labeled "Scythia"

Spoiler Map :

 

[UkrNixon]

For Scythia, I used the territory controlled by the tribe that Tomyris was from, not the area referred to as "Scythia" see this map which I used, Tomyris was from the Masagetae, but there is an area much farther west labeled "Scythia"

Spoiler Map :

Yes, makes sense. Question about Poland and Russia still stands though.

 

[TehJumpingJawa]

This would probably be better represented with an interactive html5 map, with toggle-able overlays for each leader to better distinguish overlapping territorial ownership.

Also, if your map is based upon the British Empire circa 1900, I think you're missing quite a few of its colonial possessions; most obviously the Falkland Islands, Bermuda, Sierra Leone, Singapore & other Straits Settlements plus a load of others. The wikipedia page on Crown colonies has a good list on it, with date ranges.