Africa in 323 BC
323 BC is the year Alexander the Great died. This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in 323 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Macedonian Empire
- Kingdom of Kush
- Carthage
- Laomedon
- Perdiccas
- Hadhramaut
- Greek City-States
- Cyrenaica
- Sabaeans
- Minaeans
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Qataban
- Athenian Coalition
New on the map since 423 BC
Macedonian Empire · Laomedon · Perdiccas · Cyrenaica · Minaeans · Kingdom of Armenia · Qataban · Athenian Coalition
Gone from the map by 223 BC
Macedonian Empire · Laomedon · Perdiccas · Cyrenaica · Athenian Coalition
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Africa in other years
Other regions in 323 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.