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Middle East & North Africa in AD 300

This map shows the 13 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.

Map of Middle East & North Africa in AD 300 with 13 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 300

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Roman Empire
  • Sasanian Empire
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Lakhmid Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Himyarite Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • Hadhramaut
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Indo-Sasanian Empire
  • Kingdom of Adiabene
  • Lazica

New on the map since AD 200

Sasanian Empire · Lakhmid Kingdom · Indo-Sasanian Empire

Gone from the map by AD 400

Roman Empire · Kingdom of Kush · Kingdom of Armenia · Hadhramaut · Indo-Sasanian Empire · Kingdom of Adiabene

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 300

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.