Map of Africa in 4,000 BC
For 4,000 BC, IntMap draws the historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 11 names within Africa. The map also draws 8 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) |
|---|---|
| Bantu | 10,200,000 |
| Khoisan | 6,360,000 |
| Semites | 2,550,000 |
| Hunters-gatherers | 580,000 |
| Ur | 341,000 |
| Egypt | 323,000 |
| city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 228,000 |
| Kerma | 85,300 |
| Hurrian Kingdoms | 70,000 |
| Minoan | 8,800 |
| Cycladic | 4,060 |
What changed since 5,000 BC
Now drawn
Khoisan, Semites, Hunters-gatherers, Ur, Egypt, city-states, Kerma, Minoan, Cycladic
No longer drawn
Khoiasan, Cardial Ware culture, Ubaid, Amuq D, La Almagra culture, Naquada I, Ghassul, Stentinello culture, Dimini
The same date elsewhere
World map · 4,000 BC Map of Europe · 4,000 BC Map of the Middle East · 4,000 BC Map of South Asia · 4,000 BC Map of East Asia · 4,000 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 4,000 BC Map of Central Asia · 4,000 BC Map of South America · 4,000 BC Map of Oceania · 4,000 BC
Source and method
Borders and names: 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.