World Map in 500 CE: Empires & Borders

91 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 500 CE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 500 CE

1. Sasanian Empire — 3,485,780 km²
2. Jin Empire — 2,611,540 km²
3. Gupta Empire — 2,443,217 km²
4. Eastern Roman Empire — 1,924,888 km²
5. Himyarite Kingdom — 397,658 km²
6. Empire of Ghana — 334,311 km²
7. Western Roman Empire — 60,769 km²
8. Tuʻi Tonga Empire — 23,630 km²

Other states and peoples in 500 CE

1. Khoisan — 11,115,910 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 — 5,546,565 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. Plain bison hunters — 2,775,007 km²
11. Ruanruan — 2,630,802 km²
12. Desert hunter-gatherers — 2,369,366 km²
13. Austronesian — 2,294,111 km²
14. Greenland — 1,868,941 km²
15. Pampas cultures — 1,828,557 km²
16. Eastern North American hunter-gatherers — 1,648,655 km²
17. Toba Wei — 1,395,869 km²
18. Axum — 1,030,330 km²
19. Hopewell Culture — 776,744 km²
20. Andean hunter-gatherers — 744,756 km²

New since 400 CE

• Sasanian Empire
• Jin Empire
• Austronesian
• Eastern North American hunter-gatherers
• Toba Wei
• Vakataka
• Funan
• Vandals
• Maya states
• Makkura
• New Zealand
• Kushan Principalities

Gone since 400 CE

• Jin
• Persia
• Suren Kingdom
• Sixteen Kingdoms
• Hunnic Empire
• Meroe
• Satavahanihara
• Maya chiefdoms and states
• Caucasian Alans
• Hindu kingdoms
• Northern Liang
• Hadramaut

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