The world in 1000 BC
This map shows the 11 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1000 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Zhou Dynasty
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Kush
- Greek Dark Ages
- Neo-Hittite states
- Assyria
- Babylonia
- Kingdom of Israel
- Elam
- Phoenicia
- Philistia
New on the map since 1100 BC
Zhou Dynasty · Kingdom of Kush · Kingdom of Israel
Gone from the map by 900 BC
Assyria
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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.