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Historical atlas

Pick a region and a year to see its borders and the states of the time. Every page links to an animated map of the years around it: the same borders, moving.

Europe

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

The Mediterranean

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

Middle East & North Africa

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

Africa

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

Central Asia

218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

South Asia

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

East Asia

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

Southeast Asia

AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

North America

1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

South America

1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

The Americas

1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

The world

500 BC 323 BC 218 BC 44 BC AD 117 AD 395 AD 476 AD 565 AD 732 AD 814 1066 1099 1206 1279 1346 1453 1492 1519 1648 1683 1713 1763 1776 1789 1812 1815 1848 1861 1871 1885 1914 1919 1923 1938 1942 1945 1949 1961 1989 1991 2024

Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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