Africa in AD 400
This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 400
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Sasanian Empire
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Western Roman Empire
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Nobatia
- Alodia
- Kingdom of Axum
- Huns
- Makuria
- Visigoths
New on the map since AD 300
Eastern Roman Empire · Western Roman Empire · Nobatia · Alodia · Huns · Makuria · Visigoths
Gone from the map by AD 500
Western Roman Empire · Huns · Visigoths
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Africa in other years
Other regions in AD 400
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.