Map of Africa in 500
For 500, 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: 21 names within Africa. The map also draws 9 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 | 11,200,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 5,570,000 |
| Eastern Roman Empire | 1,280,000 |
| Axum | 853,000 |
| Sasanian Empire | 848,000 |
| Austronesian | 580,000 |
| Himyarite Kingdom | 413,000 |
| Empire of Ghana | 335,000 |
| Lakhmid Kingdom | 259,000 |
| Vandal Kingdom | 205,000 |
| Nobatia | 148,000 |
| Vandals | 138,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Kingdom of Axum | 97,500 |
| Visigothic Kingdom | 89,000 |
| Blemmyes | 88,900 |
| Makkura | 87,900 |
| Makuria | 65,500 |
| Ostrogothic Kingdom | 20,000 |
| Visigoths | 3,340 |
| Ostrogoths | 230 |
What changed since 400
Now drawn
Austronesian, Vandal Kingdom, Vandals, Visigothic Kingdom, Makkura, Ostrogothic Kingdom, Ostrogoths
No longer drawn
Western Roman Empire, Meroe, Huns, Hadramaut, Persia, Guanches
The same date elsewhere
World map · 500 Map of Europe · 500 Map of the Middle East · 500 Map of South Asia · 500 Map of East Asia · 500 Map of Southeast Asia · 500 Map of Central Asia · 500 Map of North America · 500 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 500 Map of South America · 500 Map of Oceania · 500
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.