The world in 44 BC
44 BC is the year Julius Caesar was killed. This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 44 BC
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Han Dynasty
- Xiongnu
- Parthian Empire
- Roman Republic
- Indo-Scythians
- Kanva Dynasty
- Satavahana Dynasty
- Ptolemaic Kingdom
- Yuezhi
- Kingdom of Kush
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Wusun
- Mauretania
- Mayan City-States
- Nabataeans
- Thracian Kingdom
- Kingdom of Cappadocia
- Galatia
- Kingdom of Pontus
- Kingdom of Axum
- Hadhramaut
- Indo-Greeks
- Zapotec Civilization
- Great Yuan
- Anurādhapura
- Caucasian Albania
- Kingdom of Osroene
- Mahan
- Caucasian Iberia
- Lazica
- Cimmerian Bosporus
- Greek City-States
- Judea
- Early Pandyas
- Dongye
- Kingdom of Sophene
- Early Cholas
- Jinhan
- Early Cheras
- Kingdom of Gordyene
- Kingdom of Adiabene
- Byeonhan
- Kingdom of Commagene
- Teotihuacan
New on the map since 144 BC
Kanva Dynasty · Himyarite Kingdom · Wusun · Thracian Kingdom · Kingdom of Axum · Indo-Greeks · Great Yuan · Caucasian Albania · Kingdom of Osroene · Mahan · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Dongye · Jinhan · Kingdom of Gordyene · Kingdom of Adiabene · Byeonhan · Kingdom of Commagene · Teotihuacan
Gone from the map by AD 56
Roman Republic · Kanva Dynasty · Ptolemaic Kingdom · Yuezhi · Mauretania · Thracian Kingdom · Kingdom of Cappadocia · Galatia · Indo-Greeks · Great Yuan · Judea
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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.