Map of Europe in 500 BC
For 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 Europe. The map also draws 31 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) |
|---|---|
| Achaemenid Empire | 1,080,000 |
| Saami | 631,000 |
| Scythia | 629,000 |
| Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 601,000 |
| Carthaginian Empire | 371,000 |
| Plain-Pottery culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 235,000 |
| Illyrians | 197,000 |
| Brushed Pottery culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 184,000 |
| Bell-shaped burials culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 159,000 |
| Greek City-States | 148,000 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 114,000 |
| Carthage | 90,200 |
| Milograd culture | 83,600 |
| Eastern Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 74,500 |
| Etruscans | 65,600 |
| Macedonian Empire | 57,100 |
| Pomeranian culture | 44,400 |
| Western Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 32,600 |
| Saharan Pastoral Nomads | 26,800 |
| Curonians | 21,700 |
| Peloponnesian League | 15,600 |
| Boii | 11,600 |
| Etrurians | 11,200 |
| Samnites | 9,160 |
| Sambian-Nothangian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 8,310 |
| Sabini | 7,630 |
| Rome | 404 |
| Roman Republic | 238 |
What changed since 700 BC
Now drawn
Achaemenid Empire, Scythia, Carthaginian Empire, Plain-Pottery culture, Brushed Pottery culture, Bell-shaped burials culture, Carthage, Eastern Masurian culture, Macedonian Empire, Pomeranian culture, Western Masurian culture, Saharan Pastoral Nomads, Curonians, Peloponnesian League, Boii, Etrurians, Samnites, Sambian-Nothangian culture, Sabini, Rome, Roman Republic
No longer drawn
Urnfield cultures, N. European Bronze Age cultures, Cimerians, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Celtiberians, Berbers, Proto-Scythian culture, Chernoles culture, Thrace, Lusatian culture, Phrygia, Hittites, Phrygians, La Tène culture, Lydia, Phoenicia, Urartu, Phoenician Empire, Arameans, Kingdom of David and Solomon, Phoenician Colonies, Roman Kingdom
The same date elsewhere
World map · 500 BC Map of the Middle East · 500 BC Map of Africa · 500 BC Map of South Asia · 500 BC Map of East Asia · 500 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 500 BC Map of Central Asia · 500 BC Map of North America · 500 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 500 BC Map of South America · 500 BC Map of Oceania · 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 25°W–45°E, 34°N–72°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.