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East Asia in 323 BC

323 BC is the year Alexander the Great died. This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in 323 BC with 14 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 East Asia in 323 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Chu
  • Minyue
  • Qi
  • Qin
  • Wei
  • Zhao
  • Yan
  • Song
  • Han
  • Zhongshan
  • Lu
  • Wey
  • Later Zhou
  • Xu

New on the map since 423 BC

Minyue · Wei · Zhao · Han · Zhongshan

Gone from the map by 223 BC

Chu · Zhao · Song · Han · Zhongshan · Lu · Wey · Later Zhou · Xu

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in 323 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.