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Middle East & North Africa in AD 100

This map shows the 17 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in AD 100 with 17 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 Middle East & North Africa in AD 100

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Roman Empire
  • Parthian Empire
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Himyarite Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Indo-Scythians
  • Nabataeans
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Hadhramaut
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Kingdom of Osroene
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Kushan Empire
  • Kingdom of Sophene
  • Kingdom of Gordyene
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Lazica

New on the map since AD 0

Kushan Empire

Gone from the map by AD 200

Nabataeans · Kingdom of Sophene

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 100

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.