Map of the Middle East in 5,000 BC

For 5,000 BC, IntMap draws the historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 7 names within the Middle East. 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.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Kelteminar culture303,000
Hurrian Kingdoms74,900
Ubaid68,900
Namazga66,900
Amuq D64,300
Naquada I60,600
Ghassul36,300

What changed since 8,000 BC

Now drawn

Kelteminar culture, Hurrian Kingdoms, Ubaid, Namazga, Amuq D, Naquada I, Ghassul

No longer drawn

Steppe Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Coastal and Woodland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Alluvial Lowland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Levantine Corridor (Neolithic Farmers), HIghland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Neolithic Farmers, Highland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers

The same date elsewhere

World map · 5,000 BC Map of Europe · 5,000 BC Map of Africa · 5,000 BC Map of South Asia · 5,000 BC Map of East Asia · 5,000 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 5,000 BC Map of Central Asia · 5,000 BC Map of South America · 5,000 BC Map of Oceania · 5,000 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 25°E–63°E, 12°N–42°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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