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The world in 750 BC

This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.

Map of the world in 750 BC with 33 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the world in 750 BC

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Neo-Assyrian Empire
  • Chu
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Wu
  • Kingdom of Urartu
  • Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt
  • Jin
  • Qi
  • Phrygia
  • Greek City-States
  • Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt
  • Qin
  • Elam
  • Yan
  • Etruscans
  • Lu
  • Tabal Kingdom
  • Phoenicia
  • Song
  • Kingdom of Israel
  • Sabaeans
  • Later Zhou
  • Wey
  • Zhu
  • Zheng
  • Chen
  • Xu
  • Kingdom of Judah
  • Teng
  • Cao
  • Cai
  • Philistia
  • Roman Kingdom

New on the map since 850 BC

Chu · Wu · Kingdom of Urartu · Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt · Jin · Qi · Greek City-States · Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt · Qin · Yan · Etruscans · Lu · Song · Sabaeans · Later Zhou · Wey · Zhu · Zheng · Chen · Xu · Teng · Cao · Cai · Roman Kingdom

Gone from the map by 650 BC

Kingdom of Urartu · Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt · Phrygia · Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt · Tabal Kingdom · Kingdom of Israel · Kingdom of Judah · Philistia

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Other regions in 750 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.