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Central Asia in AD 1

This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in AD 1 with 12 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 Central Asia in AD 1

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Parthian Empire
  • Xiongnu
  • Han Dynasty
  • Yuezhi
  • Wusun
  • Indo-Scythians
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Great Yuan
  • Indo-Parthians
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Indo-Greeks

New on the map since 99 BC

Wusun · Kingdom of Armenia · Indo-Parthians · Caucasian Albania · Caucasian Iberia

Gone from the map by AD 101

Yuezhi · Indo-Scythians · Great Yuan · Indo-Parthians · Indo-Greeks

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Central Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 1

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.