The world in 1250 BC
This map shows the 8 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1250 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- New Kingdom of Egypt
- Hittites
- Assyria
- Shang Dynasty
- Babylonia
- Elam
- Mycenaean Greece
- Mitanni
Gone from the map by 1150 BC
Hittites · Babylonia · Mitanni
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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.