// Modern era
Ottoman Tripolitania
- Period
- AD 1840 – AD 1911
- Duration
- approx. 71 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1840
- Area (max.)
- approx. 897,000 km²
Period and duration
Ottoman Tripolitania — according to the map data from AD 1840 to AD 1911, roughly 71 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
Ottoman Tripolitania — greatest extent around AD 1840: the mapped borders then cover about 897,000 km², roughly 0.6% 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 1839)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around AD 1840
The largest states in the region at the same time:
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1840 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Ottoman Tripolitania 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.