World Map in 5000 BCE: Empires & Borders

29 states, empires and peoples are on the world map in 5000 BCE. Drag the timeline to watch their borders change, or click a region for its history.

Empires and kingdoms in 5000 BCE

1. Hurrian Kingdoms — 74,963 km²

Other states and peoples in 5000 BCE

1. Bantu — 11,326,437 km²
2. Aboriginal tribes — 7,474,559 km²
3. Khoisan — 6,258,933 km²
4. Austronesians — 1,420,660 km²
5. Cardial Ware culture — 1,202,672 km²
6. Kelteminar culture — 1,054,614 km²
7. Funnel-Beaker — 1,022,889 km²
8. Dravidians — 303,193 km²
9. Norte Chico — 290,924 km²
10. Early combware — 281,099 km²
11. Kelteminar — 231,538 km²
12. Narva — 229,569 km²
13. Ainu — 176,587 km²
14. Volga-Kamm — 164,625 km²
15. Valdivia — 159,552 km²
16. Jōmon — 153,407 km²
17. Nemay — 151,010 km²
18. Stentinello culture — 88,921 km²
19. Ubaid — 68,744 km²
20. Namazga — 66,856 km²

New since 8000 BCE

• Cardial Ware culture
• Kelteminar culture
• Funnel-Beaker
• Dravidians
• Norte Chico
• Early combware
• Kelteminar
• Narva
• Ainu
• Volga-Kamm
• Valdivia
• Nemay

Gone since 8000 BCE

• Hunters-gatherers
• Steppe Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers
• Coastal and Woodland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers
• Okhotsk culture
• Alluvial Lowland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers
• Levantine Corridor (Neolithic Farmers)
• Highland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers
• Neolithic Farmers

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