World Map in 400 CE: Empires & Borders

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

Empires and kingdoms in 400 CE

1. Gupta Empire — 2,477,885 km²
2. Western Roman Empire — 2,328,273 km²
3. Eastern Roman Empire — 1,826,038 km²
4. Suren Kingdom — 1,088,393 km²
5. Sixteen Kingdoms — 1,071,557 km²
6. Hunnic Empire — 877,708 km²
7. Himyarite Kingdom — 470,673 km²
8. Empire of Ghana — 334,311 km²
9. Hindu kingdoms — 207,645 km²

Other states and peoples in 400 CE

1. Khoisan — 11,693,255 km²
2. Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers — 7,587,782 km²
3. Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers — 7,338,405 km²
4. Arctic marine mammal hunters — 5,872,667 km²
5. West African cereal farmers — 5,860,265 km²
6. Savanna hunter-gatherers — 4,802,796 km²
7. Amazon hunter-gatherers — 4,269,344 km²
8. Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers — 4,153,328 km²
9. Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers — 3,396,886 km²
10. Ruanruan — 2,942,358 km²
11. Jin — 2,839,117 km²
12. Plain bison hunters — 2,775,007 km²
13. Desert hunter-gatherers — 2,369,366 km²
14. Persia — 2,277,726 km²
15. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
16. Hopewell Culture — 779,106 km²
17. Andean hunter-gatherers — 744,756 km²
18. Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers — 734,375 km²
19. Saami — 630,947 km²
20. Meroe — 600,134 km²

New since 300 CE

• Ruanruan
• Western Roman Empire
• Persia
• Eastern Roman Empire
• Sixteen Kingdoms
• Hunnic Empire
• Caucasian Alans
• Northern Liang
• Visigoths
• Ostrogoths
• Geats
• Swedes

Gone since 300 CE

• Parthian Empire
• Rome (Diocletianus)
• Rome (Maximian)
• Saka Kingdom
• Rome (Constantinus)
• Rome (Galerius)
• Han Zhao
• Kalinga
• Armenia
• Heruli

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