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Africa in AD 100

This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.

Map of Africa in AD 100 with 12 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Africa in AD 100

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Roman Empire
  • Parthian Empire
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Himyarite Kingdom
  • Nabataeans
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Hadhramaut
  • Kingdom of Osroene
  • Kingdom of Gordyene
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Kingdom of Sophene

Gone from the map by AD 200

Nabataeans · Kingdom of Sophene

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Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 100

The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.