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The Mediterranean in 1250 BC

This map shows the 6 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1250 BC with 6 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 the Mediterranean in 1250 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Hittites
  • New Kingdom of Egypt
  • Assyria
  • Mycenaean Greece
  • Mitanni
  • Babylonia

Gone from the map by 1150 BC

Hittites · Mitanni · Babylonia

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1250 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.