World map in 1,500 BC
For 1,500 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: 74 names within the world. The map also draws 95 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 | 11,700,000 |
| Saharan pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | 9,840,000 |
| Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 7,600,000 |
| Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 7,170,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 6,030,000 |
| Arctic marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 5,910,000 |
| Proto-Altaic pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,990,000 |
| Savanna hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,820,000 |
| Manioc farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,770,000 |
| Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,440,000 |
| Karasuk culture | 4,360,000 |
| Amazon hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,280,000 |
| Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 3,530,000 |
| Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 3,450,000 |
| Tibetans | 3,310,000 |
| Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,850,000 |
| Iranian pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,840,000 |
| Dravidians | 2,770,000 |
| Arabian pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,620,000 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,350,000 |
| Austro-Asiatic rice farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,200,000 |
| Cimerians | 2,200,000 |
| N. European Bronze Age cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,970,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,830,000 |
| Urnfield cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,810,000 |
| Sinic | 1,700,000 |
| Maize farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,590,000 |
| Austronesians | 1,280,000 |
| Berbers | 1,100,000 |
| Papuan neolithic farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,050,000 |
| Zhoa | 1,020,000 |
| Vedic Aryans | 997,000 |
| Burmese | 961,000 |
| Andean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 744,000 |
| Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 722,000 |
| New Kingdom of Egypt | 638,000 |
| Saami | 631,000 |
| Celtiberians | 552,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | 533,000 |
| Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 513,000 |
| Elam | 436,000 |
| Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 376,000 |
| Hittites | 359,000 |
| state societies and Aramaean kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | 328,000 |
| Arameans | 320,000 |
| Late Jomon culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 281,000 |
| Chorrera | 262,000 |
| Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 259,000 |
| Thrace | 256,000 |
| Illyrians | 221,000 |
| Wu | 215,000 |
| Kush | 193,000 |
| Mitanni | 189,000 |
| Phrygians | 183,000 |
| Ainu | 159,000 |
| El Paraiso | 157,000 |
| Shang Dynasty | 154,000 |
| Paleo-Koreans | 150,000 |
| Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 149,000 |
| Poverty point culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 148,000 |
| Babylonia | 146,000 |
| Assyria | 120,000 |
| Saba | 104,000 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 97,400 |
| Hyksos | 66,900 |
| Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 59,400 |
| Kingdom of David and Solomon | 48,900 |
| Olmec | 48,700 |
| Mycenaean Greece | 46,300 |
| Chinchoros | 45,900 |
| Egypt | 26,600 |
| First Sealand Dynasty | 15,400 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Minoan civilization | 5,510 |
What changed since 2,000 BC
Now drawn
Khoiasan, West African cereal farmers, Proto-Altaic pastoralists, Savanna hunter-gatherers, Manioc farmers, Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers, Karasuk culture, Amazon hunter-gatherers, Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers, Tibetans, Plain bison hunters, Iranian pastoralists, Arabian pastoral nomads, Desert hunter-gatherers, Austro-Asiatic rice farmers, Cimerians, N. European Bronze Age cultures, Pampas cultures, Urnfield cultures, Sinic, Maize farmers, Berbers, Papuan neolithic farmers, Zhoa, Vedic Aryans, Burmese, Andean hunter-gatherers, Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers, New Kingdom of Egypt, Saami, Celtiberians, North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples, Caribbean hunter-gatherers, Ethiopian highland farmers, state societies and Aramaean kingdoms, Arameans, Late Jomon culture, Chorrera, Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters, Thrace, Illyrians, Wu, Kush, Mitanni, Phrygians, El Paraiso, Shang Dynasty, Paleo-Koreans, Shellfish gatherers, Poverty point culture, Babylonia, Assyria, Saba, Greek city-states, Hyksos, Kingdom of David and Solomon, Olmec, Mycenaean Greece, Chinchoros, First Sealand Dynasty, Guanches, Minoan civilization
No longer drawn
Archaic Amerindian hunter-gatherers, Bantu, Khoisan, Austroasian rice cultures, Mesoamerican hunter-gatherers and maïze farmers, Andronovo, Thai, Semites, Tibeto-Burmanese, Afanasevo, Catacomb culture, Koreans, Indus Valley Civilization, Anatolian tribes, Norte Chico, Oxus, Beaker, Xia, city-states, Ur, Jōmon, Indus valley civilization, Valdivia, Chinchorro culture, Sintashta, Middle Kingdom of Egypt, Kerma, Canaan, Namazga, Hurrian Kingdoms, Sumerian City-States, Únětice, Dakapeng culture, Hunters-gatherers, Minoan, Cycladic
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 1,500 BC Map of the Middle East · 1,500 BC Map of Africa · 1,500 BC Map of South Asia · 1,500 BC Map of East Asia · 1,500 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 1,500 BC Map of Central Asia · 1,500 BC Map of North America · 1,500 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1,500 BC Map of South America · 1,500 BC Map of Oceania · 1,500 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 180°W–180°E, 90°S–90°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.