Central Asia in AD 500
This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for Central Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Central Asia in AD 500
Largest first, by area on this map.
- White Huns
- Rouran Khaganate
- Sasanian Empire
- Protectorate of the Western Regions
- Tuyuhun
- Caucasian Albania
- Northern Wei
- Caucasian Iberia
New on the map since AD 400
White Huns · Rouran Khaganate · Northern Wei
Gone from the map by AD 600
White Huns · Rouran Khaganate · Caucasian Albania · Northern Wei · Caucasian Iberia
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Central Asia in other years
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.