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Central Asia in AD 400

This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.

Map of Central Asia in AD 400 with 11 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 400

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Sasanian Empire
  • Protectorate of the Western Regions
  • Xionites
  • Kidarites
  • Huns
  • Tuyuhun
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Wusun
  • Gupta Empire
  • Northern Liang
  • Caucasian Iberia

New on the map since AD 300

Protectorate of the Western Regions · Xionites · Kidarites · Gupta Empire · Northern Liang

Gone from the map by AD 500

Xionites · Kidarites · Huns · Wusun · Gupta Empire · Northern Liang

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Central Asia 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.