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World Map in 400 BCE: Empires & Borders

76 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 400 BCE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 400 BCE

  1. Achaemenid Empire — 6,019,070 km²
  2. Hindu kingdoms — 2,404,024 km²
  3. Zhangzhung Kingdom — 662,719 km²
  4. Carthaginian Empire — 629,115 km²
  5. Roman Republic — 7,397 km²

Other states and peoples in 400 BCE

  1. Khoisan — 11,693,255 km²
  2. Saharan pastoral nomads — 10,270,180 km²
  3. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
  4. Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers — 7,140,485 km²
  5. West African cereal farmers — 6,008,604 km²
  6. Arctic marine mammal hunters — 5,872,667 km²
  7. Manioc farmers — 4,814,710 km²
  8. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 4,802,796 km²
  9. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 4,342,999 km²
  10. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 4,269,344 km²
  11. Austro-Asiatic rice cultures — 4,019,325 km²
  12. Xiongnu — 3,837,838 km²
  13. Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers — 3,397,022 km²
  14. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers — 3,320,224 km²
  15. Proto-Tibetan cultures — 3,063,154 km²
  16. Plain bison hunters — 2,838,469 km²
  17. Hallstatt culture — 2,466,979 km²
  18. Desert hunter-gatherers — 2,369,366 km²
  19. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
  20. Zhou states — 1,553,587 km²

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