Africa in AD 117
AD 117 is the Roman Empire at its greatest extent, under Trajan. This map shows the 6 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 117
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Roman Empire
- Parthian Empire
- Kingdom of Kush
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Kingdom of Axum
- Hadhramaut
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Africa in other years
Other regions in AD 117
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.