Map of East Asia in 2,000 BC

For 2,000 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: 14 names within East Asia. The map also draws 22 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)
Thai3,810,000
Austroasian rice cultures (a description by the source, not a name)3,670,000
Andronovo1,460,000
Tibeto-Burmanese1,410,000
Afanasevo1,100,000
Koreans800,000
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name)452,000
Xia255,000
Ainu186,000
Indus Valley Civilization176,000
Jōmon174,000
Indus valley civilization (a description by the source, not a name)68,500
Dakapeng culture (a description by the source, not a name)32,900
Austronesians8,090

What changed since 3,000 BC

Now drawn

Thai, Austroasian rice cultures, Andronovo, Tibeto-Burmanese, Koreans, Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers, Xia, Indus Valley Civilization, Dakapeng culture

No longer drawn

Dapenkeng culture

The same date elsewhere

World map · 2,000 BC Map of Europe · 2,000 BC Map of the Middle East · 2,000 BC Map of Africa · 2,000 BC Map of South Asia · 2,000 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 2,000 BC Map of Central Asia · 2,000 BC Map of North America · 2,000 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 2,000 BC Map of South America · 2,000 BC Map of Oceania · 2,000 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 73°E–150°E, 18°N–54°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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