Middle East & North Africa in 250 BC
This map shows the 25 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 250 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Seleucid Empire
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Kingdom of Kush
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Carthage
- Atropatene
- Antigonid Macedonia
- Roman Republic
- Cyrenaica
- Kingdom of Pontus
- Hadhramaut
- Maurya Empire
- Galatia
- Greek Colonies
- Colchis
- Illyrian Kingdom
- Sabaeans
- Kingdom of Bithynia
- Paphlagonia
- Minaeans
- Kingdom of Sophene
- Qataban
- Kingdom of Pergamon
- Aetolian League
- Achaean League
New on the map since 350 BC
Seleucid Empire · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Kingdom of Armenia · Atropatene · Antigonid Macedonia · Cyrenaica · Kingdom of Pontus · Maurya Empire · Galatia · Greek Colonies · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Kingdom of Bithynia · Paphlagonia · Kingdom of Sophene · Kingdom of Pergamon · Aetolian League · Achaean League
Gone from the map by 150 BC
Atropatene · Antigonid Macedonia · Cyrenaica · Maurya Empire · Greek Colonies · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Aetolian League
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 250 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.