Map of Africa in 323 BC

For 323 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: 25 names within Africa. The map also draws 5 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.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Khoiasan11,700,000
Saharan Pastoral Nomads9,930,000
West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name)6,000,000
Macedonian Empire3,130,000
Carthaginian Empire452,000
Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name)376,000
Kingdom of Kush337,000
Meroe278,000
Qataban189,000
Empire of Alexander182,000
Carthage171,000
Laomedon122,000
Perdiccas117,000
Blemmyes88,900
Hadhramaut86,500
Saba54,600
Hadramaut49,800
Greek City-States46,300
Sabaeans35,800
Cyrenaica31,100
Minaeans28,600
Kingdom of Armenia13,600
Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name)9,770
Guanches9,080
Athenian Coalition3,240

What changed since 400 BC

Now drawn

Macedonian Empire, Meroe, Qataban, Empire of Alexander, Laomedon, Perdiccas, Saba, Hadramaut, Cyrenaica, Minaeans, Kingdom of Armenia, Athenian Coalition

No longer drawn

Achaemenid Empire, Kush, Celltic Hallsatt culture, Peloponnesian League, Greek colonies

The same date elsewhere

World map · 323 BC Map of Europe · 323 BC Map of the Middle East · 323 BC Map of South Asia · 323 BC Map of East Asia · 323 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 323 BC Map of Central Asia · 323 BC Map of North America · 323 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 323 BC Map of South America · 323 BC Map of Oceania · 323 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.

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