The world in AD 476
AD 476 is the year the last Western Roman emperor was deposed. This map shows the 57 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in AD 476
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Rouran Khaganate
- Sasanian Empire
- Liu Song Dynasty
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Gupta Empire
- Northern Wei
- White Huns
- Visigothic Kingdom
- Vakataka Kingdom
- Tuyuhun
- Protectorate of the Western Regions
- Goguryeo
- Mayan City-States
- Vandal Kingdom
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Lakhmid Kingdom
- Brythons
- Funan
- Kingdom of Soissons
- Kadamba Empire
- Ostrogoths
- Kingdom of Armenia
- Burgundian Kingdom
- Kingdom of Alamannia
- Maitraka Dynasty
- Nobatia
- Kamarupa Kingdom
- Kalabhra Dynasty
- Saxons
- Norse
- Alodia
- Pyu City-States
- Kingdom of the Suebi
- Caucasian Albania
- Kingdom of Axum
- Ripuarian Franks
- Zapotec Civilization
- Chámpa
- Makuria
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Anurādhapura
- Kingdom of Thuringia
- Salian Franks
- Caucasian Iberia
- Kingdom of the Franks
- Late Pallava Empire
- Baekje
- Lazica
- Silla
- Rugiland
- Tarumanagara
- Byeonhan
- Teotihuacan
- Angles
- Tamna
- Hunnic Empire
- Western Satraps
New on the map since AD 376
Rouran Khaganate · Liu Song Dynasty · Eastern Roman Empire · Northern Wei · White Huns · Visigothic Kingdom · Vandal Kingdom · Brythons · Kingdom of Soissons · Ostrogoths · Kingdom of Armenia · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of Alamannia · Maitraka Dynasty · Kingdom of the Suebi · Anglo-Saxon England · Kingdom of Thuringia · Kingdom of the Franks · Silla · Rugiland · Angles · Hunnic Empire
Gone from the map by AD 576
Rouran Khaganate · Liu Song Dynasty · Gupta Empire · Northern Wei · White Huns · Vakataka Kingdom · Vandal Kingdom · Kingdom of Soissons · Kadamba Empire · Ostrogoths · Kingdom of Armenia · Burgundian Kingdom · Kingdom of Alamannia · Norse · Caucasian Albania · Ripuarian Franks · Anglo-Saxon England · Kingdom of Thuringia · Salian Franks · Caucasian Iberia · Lazica · Rugiland · Byeonhan · Angles · Western Satraps
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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.