The Mediterranean in 1000 BC
This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1000 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Greek Dark Ages
- Neo-Hittite states
- Assyria
- Kingdom of Israel
- Babylonia
- Phoenicia
- Philistia
New on the map since 1100 BC
Kingdom of Israel
Gone from the map by 900 BC
Assyria
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Other regions in 1000 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.