Middle East & North Africa in 1500 BC
This map shows the 10 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 1500 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Mitanni
- Babylonia
- Elam
- Hyksos
- Hittites
- Mycenaean Greece
- Assyria
- First Sealand Dynasty
- Minoan civilization
New on the map since 1600 BC
New Kingdom of Egypt · Mitanni · Mycenaean Greece
Gone from the map by 1400 BC
Hyksos · First Sealand Dynasty · Minoan civilization
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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.