// Early modern period
First Toungoo Empire
- Period
- AD 1502 – AD 1756
- Duration
- approx. 254 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1579
- Area (max.)
- approx. 1.5 million km²
Period and duration
First Toungoo Empire — according to the map data from AD 1502 to AD 1756, roughly 254 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
First Toungoo Empire — greatest extent around AD 1579: the mapped borders then cover about 1.5 million km², roughly 1% 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 1501)
- Lan Xang
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Shan States
- Ava Kingdom
After
Neighbours around AD 1579
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Spanish Empire
- Ming Dynasty
- Mughal Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Khmer Empire
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Nguyễn lords
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1579 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- First Toungoo Empire on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.