Africa in 250 BC
This map shows the 15 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 250 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Seleucid Empire
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Kush
- Carthage
- Atropatene
- Cyrenaica
- Hadhramaut
- Sabaeans
- Minaeans
- Antigonid Macedonia
- Roman Republic
- Greek Colonies
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Qataban
- Achaean League
New on the map since 350 BC
Seleucid Empire · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Atropatene · Cyrenaica · Antigonid Macedonia · Roman Republic · Greek Colonies · Kingdom of Armenia · Achaean League
Gone from the map by 150 BC
Atropatene · Cyrenaica · Antigonid Macedonia · Greek Colonies
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Other regions in 250 BC
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.