Central Asia in 218 BC
218 BC is the year Hannibal crossed the Alps. This map shows the 6 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in 218 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Yuezhi
- Seleucid Empire
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Parthian Empire
- Atropatene
- Kingdom of Armenia
New on the map since 318 BC
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · Parthian Empire · Atropatene
Gone from the map by 118 BC
Seleucid Empire · Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · Atropatene
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Other regions in 218 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.