Middle Ages
Sultanate of Malacca
- Period
- AD 1459 – AD 1861
- Duration
- approx. 402 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1512
- Area (max.)
- approx. 231,000 km²
Period and duration
Sultanate of Malacca — according to the map data from AD 1459 to AD 1861, roughly 402 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Sultanate of Malacca — greatest extent around AD 1512: the mapped borders then cover about 231,000 km², roughly 0.2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1458)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1512
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Khmer Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Samudera Pasai Sultanate
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1512 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Sultanate of Malacca on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.