The world in 323 BC
323 BC is the year Alexander the Great died. This map shows the 36 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 323 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Macedonian Empire
- Nanda Empire
- Yuezhi
- Chu
- Scythia
- Minyue
- Kingdom of Kush
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Carthage
- Kingdom of Lysimachus
- Greek City-States
- Laomedon
- Qi
- Perdiccas
- Qin
- Wei
- Hadhramaut
- Zhao
- Yan
- Song
- Etruscans
- Cyrenaica
- Sabaeans
- Minaeans
- Athenian Coalition
- Kingdom of Bithynia
- Han
- Roman Republic
- Zhongshan
- Qataban
- Cimmerian Bosporus
- Lu
- Wey
- Zapotec Civilization
- Later Zhou
- Xu
New on the map since 423 BC
Nanda Empire · Yuezhi · Minyue · Kingdom of Armenia · Kingdom of Lysimachus · Laomedon · Perdiccas · Wei · Zhao · Cyrenaica · Minaeans · Athenian Coalition · Kingdom of Bithynia · Han · Zhongshan · Qataban · Cimmerian Bosporus
Gone from the map by 223 BC
Macedonian Empire · Nanda Empire · Chu · Scythia · Kingdom of Lysimachus · Laomedon · Perdiccas · Zhao · Song · Etruscans · Cyrenaica · Athenian Coalition · Han · Zhongshan · Lu · Wey · Later Zhou · Xu
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The world in other years
Other regions in 323 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.