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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.

Map of Africa in 323 BC with 13 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 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.