Middle East & North Africa in AD 1
This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in AD 1
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Parthian Empire
- Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Kush
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Mauretania
- Indo-Scythians
- Kingdom of Cappadocia
- Kingdom of Pontus
- Nabataeans
- Kingdom of Axum
- Hadhramaut
- Caucasian Albania
- Kingdom of Osroene
- Thracian Kingdom
- Caucasian Iberia
- Judea
- Kingdom of Sophene
- Lazica
- Kingdom of Gordyene
- Kingdom of Adiabene
- Kingdom of Commagene
- Greek City-States
- Yuezhi
New on the map since 99 BC
Roman Empire · Kingdom of Axum · Caucasian Albania · Kingdom of Osroene · Thracian Kingdom · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Kingdom of Gordyene · Kingdom of Adiabene · Kingdom of Commagene
Gone from the map by AD 101
Mauretania · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Kingdom of Pontus · Thracian Kingdom · Judea · Kingdom of Commagene · Greek City-States · Yuezhi
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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.