The world in 218 BC
218 BC is the year Hannibal crossed the Alps. This map shows the 38 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 218 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Seleucid Empire
- Qin Dynasty
- Maurya Empire
- Yuezhi
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Carthage
- Satavahana Dynasty
- Minyue
- Kingdom of Kush
- Parthian Empire
- Roman Republic
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Mayan City-States
- Atropatene
- Âu Lạc
- Greek City-States
- Antigonid Macedonia
- Kingdom of Pontus
- Hadhramaut
- Kingdom of Cappadocia
- Kalinga
- Anurādhapura
- Galatia
- Kingdom of Pergamon
- Cimmerian Bosporus
- Sabaeans
- Kingdom of Bithynia
- Early Pandyas
- Paphlagonia
- Minaeans
- Early Cholas
- Early Cheras
- Kingdom of Sophene
- Achaean League
- Aetolian League
- Qataban
- Zapotec Civilization
New on the map since 318 BC
Qin Dynasty · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · Satavahana Dynasty · Parthian Empire · Mayan City-States · Atropatene · Âu Lạc · Antigonid Macedonia · Kingdom of Pontus · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Anurādhapura · Galatia · Kingdom of Pergamon · Early Pandyas · Paphlagonia · Early Cholas · Early Cheras · Kingdom of Sophene · Achaean League · Aetolian League
Gone from the map by 118 BC
Qin Dynasty · Maurya Empire · Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · Carthage · Atropatene · Âu Lạc · Antigonid Macedonia · Kalinga · Galatia · Kingdom of Pergamon · Paphlagonia · Achaean League · Aetolian League
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Other regions in 218 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.