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East Asia in AD 600

This map shows the 14 states and peoples the data has for East Asia in that year.

Map of East Asia in AD 600 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 AD 600

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Sui Dynasty
  • Eastern Göktürks
  • Goguryeo
  • Tuyuhun
  • Yenisei Kyrgyz
  • Asuka Japan
  • Pyu City-States
  • Silla
  • Early Lý Dynasty
  • Chenla
  • Baekje
  • Chámpa
  • Tamna
  • Kamarupa Kingdom

New on the map since AD 500

Sui Dynasty · Eastern Göktürks · Yenisei Kyrgyz · Asuka Japan · Early Lý Dynasty · Chenla

Gone from the map by AD 700

Sui Dynasty · Eastern Göktürks · Goguryeo · Tuyuhun · Silla · Early Lý Dynasty · Baekje · Tamna

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East Asia in other years

Other regions in AD 600

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.