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Middle East & North Africa in AD 476

AD 476 is the year the last Western Roman emperor was deposed. 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 476 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 476

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Sasanian Empire
  • Eastern Roman Empire
  • Visigothic Kingdom
  • Vandal Kingdom
  • Himyarite Kingdom
  • Lakhmid Kingdom
  • Kingdom of Armenia
  • Nobatia
  • Alodia
  • Caucasian Albania
  • Kingdom of the Suebi
  • Kingdom of Axum
  • White Huns
  • Makuria
  • Caucasian Iberia
  • Lazica
  • Kingdom of Soissons

New on the map since AD 376

Eastern Roman Empire · Visigothic Kingdom · Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Armenia · Kingdom of the Suebi · White Huns · Kingdom of Soissons

Gone from the map by AD 576

Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Armenia · Caucasian Albania · White Huns · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Kingdom of Soissons

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Middle East & North Africa in other years

Other regions in AD 476

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.