The world in 250 BC
This map shows the 44 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 250 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Maurya Empire
- Seleucid Empire
- Yuezhi
- Qin
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Chu
- Scythia
- Minyue
- Kingdom of Kush
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Carthage
- Roman Republic
- Atropatene
- Antigonid Macedonia
- Qi
- Âu Lạc
- Yan
- Cyrenaica
- Wei
- Kingdom of Pontus
- Greek Colonies
- Hadhramaut
- Zhao
- Anurādhapura
- Galatia
- Colchis
- Illyrian Kingdom
- Sabaeans
- Kingdom of Bithynia
- Early Pandyas
- Paphlagonia
- Minaeans
- Early Cholas
- Early Cheras
- Kingdom of Sophene
- Han
- Qataban
- Cimmerian Bosporus
- Kingdom of Pergamon
- Aetolian League
- Wey
- Zapotec Civilization
- Lu
- Achaean League
New on the map since 350 BC
Maurya Empire · Seleucid Empire · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Minyue · Kingdom of Armenia · Atropatene · Antigonid Macedonia · Âu Lạc · Cyrenaica · Kingdom of Pontus · Greek Colonies · Anurādhapura · Galatia · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Kingdom of Bithynia · Early Pandyas · Paphlagonia · Early Cholas · Early Cheras · Kingdom of Sophene · Kingdom of Pergamon · Aetolian League · Achaean League
Gone from the map by 150 BC
Maurya Empire · Qin · Chu · Scythia · Minyue · Atropatene · Antigonid Macedonia · Qi · Âu Lạc · Yan · Cyrenaica · Wei · Greek Colonies · Zhao · Colchis · Illyrian Kingdom · Han · Aetolian League · Wey · Lu
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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.