Africa in AD 500
This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Africa in AD 500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Sasanian Empire
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Vandal Kingdom
- Nobatia
- Alodia
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Axum
- Makuria
- Ostrogothic Kingdom
- White Huns
New on the map since AD 400
Vandal Kingdom · Visigothic Kingdom · Ostrogothic Kingdom · White Huns
Gone from the map by AD 600
Vandal Kingdom · Ostrogothic Kingdom · White Huns
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Other regions in AD 500
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.