Map of Africa in 1,500 BC
For 1,500 BC, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 28 names within Africa. The map also draws 4 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Khoiasan | 11,700,000 |
| Saharan pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | 9,840,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 6,030,000 |
| Arabian pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,100,000 |
| Berbers | 1,100,000 |
| New Kingdom of Egypt | 638,000 |
| Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 376,000 |
| Arameans | 320,000 |
| state societies and Aramaean kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | 257,000 |
| Kush | 193,000 |
| Mitanni | 189,000 |
| Babylonia | 146,000 |
| Elam | 126,000 |
| Assyria | 120,000 |
| Saba | 104,000 |
| Hittites | 101,000 |
| Celtiberians | 91,400 |
| Hyksos | 66,900 |
| Kingdom of David and Solomon | 48,900 |
| Phrygians | 41,700 |
| Egypt | 26,600 |
| Mycenaean Greece | 18,900 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 15,700 |
| First Sealand Dynasty | 15,400 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Minoan civilization | 5,510 |
| Urnfield cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 322 |
| Iranian pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | 201 |
What changed since 2,000 BC
Now drawn
Khoiasan, West African cereal farmers, Arabian pastoral nomads, Berbers, New Kingdom of Egypt, Ethiopian highland farmers, Arameans, state societies and Aramaean kingdoms, Kush, Mitanni, Babylonia, Assyria, Saba, Hittites, Celtiberians, Hyksos, Kingdom of David and Solomon, Phrygians, Mycenaean Greece, Greek city-states, First Sealand Dynasty, Guanches, Minoan civilization, Urnfield cultures, Iranian pastoralists
No longer drawn
Bantu, Khoisan, Semites, city-states, Ur, Anatolian tribes, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Kerma, Canaan, Hurrian Kingdoms, Sumerian City-States, Minoan, Beaker, Cycladic
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1,500 BC Map of Europe · 1,500 BC Map of the Middle East · 1,500 BC Map of South Asia · 1,500 BC Map of East Asia · 1,500 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 1,500 BC Map of Central Asia · 1,500 BC Map of North America · 1,500 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1,500 BC Map of South America · 1,500 BC Map of Oceania · 1,500 BC
Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 20°W–52°E, 36°S–38°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.