World map in 400 BC
For 400 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: 105 names within the world. The map also draws 111 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 | 10,000,000 |
| 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) | 6,970,000 |
| Achaemenid Empire | 6,220,000 |
| 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 |
| Manioc farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,840,000 |
| Savanna hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,820,000 |
| Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,330,000 |
| Amazon hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,280,000 |
| Austro-Asiatic rice farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 3,990,000 |
| 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) | 3,320,000 |
| Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,850,000 |
| Celltic Hallsatt culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,380,000 |
| Proto-Tibetan cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,370,000 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,350,000 |
| Hindu kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,120,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,830,000 |
| Maize farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,550,000 |
| Austronesians | 1,430,000 |
| Warring States China | 1,000,000 |
| Yuezhi | 915,000 |
| Papuan neolithic farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 884,000 |
| Mahajanapadas | 804,000 |
| Magadha - Shaishunaga dynasty | 799,000 |
| Andean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 744,000 |
| Scythia | 730,000 |
| Scythians | 729,000 |
| Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 722,000 |
| Zhangzhung Kingdom | 664,000 |
| Proto-Altaic pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | 663,000 |
| Saami | 631,000 |
| Zhou states (a description by the source, not a name) | 601,000 |
| Proto-Thai cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 592,000 |
| Gojoseon | 539,000 |
| Donghu tribes (a description by the source, not a name) | 538,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | 533,000 |
| Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 513,000 |
| Carthaginian Empire | 451,000 |
| Chu | 390,000 |
| Germanic tribes (a description by the source, not a name) | 376,000 |
| Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 376,000 |
| Kingdom of Kush | 337,000 |
| Celts | 289,000 |
| Chorrera | 262,000 |
| Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 259,000 |
| Plain-Pottery culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 232,000 |
| Adena Culture | 225,000 |
| Carthage | 205,000 |
| Yue | 186,000 |
| Brushed Pottery culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 184,000 |
| Greek City-States | 174,000 |
| Late Jomon culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 167,000 |
| Magadha | 166,000 |
| Bell-shaped burials culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 159,000 |
| Ainu | 159,000 |
| Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 149,000 |
| Qi | 120,000 |
| Yayoi | 113,000 |
| Paleo-Inuit | 112,000 |
| Odrysian Kingdom | 105,000 |
| Blemmyes | 88,900 |
| Hadhramaut | 86,200 |
| Chavin | 82,900 |
| Wei | 79,300 |
| Eastern Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 74,500 |
| Milograd culture | 73,900 |
| Etruscans | 65,200 |
| Sabaeans | 64,200 |
| Simhala | 62,000 |
| Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 59,400 |
| Glades Culture | 59,100 |
| Macedonian Empire | 58,300 |
| Zhao | 57,600 |
| Greek colonies | 53,700 |
| Kush | 46,900 |
| Qin | 46,400 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 45,900 |
| Pomeranian culture | 44,400 |
| Yan | 39,300 |
| Zapotec | 34,900 |
| Song | 34,100 |
| Western Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 32,600 |
| Olmec | 31,800 |
| Paracas | 29,500 |
| Peloponnesian League | 22,900 |
| Curonians | 21,700 |
| Wankarani | 19,700 |
| Han | 18,500 |
| Olmec Civilization | 17,700 |
| Boii | 11,600 |
| Etrurians | 10,900 |
| Zheng | 10,200 |
| Samnites | 9,160 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Lu | 8,950 |
| Roman Republic | 8,520 |
| Sambian-Nothangian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 8,310 |
| Sabini | 7,840 |
| Zapotec Civilization | 6,470 |
| Wey | 5,800 |
| Janapada of Aśmaka | 5,420 |
| Cimmerian Bosporus | 1,960 |
What changed since 500 BC
Now drawn
Austro-Asiatic rice farmers, Celltic Hallsatt culture, Proto-Tibetan cultures, Warring States China, Yuezhi, Magadha - Shaishunaga dynasty, Scythians, Zhangzhung Kingdom, Proto-Thai cultures, Gojoseon, Donghu tribes, Germanic tribes, Celts, Yayoi, Odrysian Kingdom, Wei, Zhao, Greek colonies, Kush, Zapotec, Paracas, Wankarani, Han, Cimmerian Bosporus
No longer drawn
Iron Age megalith cultures, Spring and Autumn States, Illyrians, Wu, El Paraiso, Jin, Pancala, Kuru, Saba, Avanti, Meroe, Chinchoros, Surasena, Magadha - Haryanka dynasty, Kosala, Gandhāra, Kasi, Zhu, Janapada of Malla, Janapada of Kuru, Janapada of Matsya, Janapada of Surasena, Janapada of Vajji, Malla, Janapada of Avanti, Chen, Janapada of Kāśī, Janapada of Kosala, Janapada of Pañcāla, Janapada of Cedī, Teng, Janapada of Vatsa, Cao, Cai, Vatsa, Rome
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 400 BC Map of the Middle East · 400 BC Map of Africa · 400 BC Map of South Asia · 400 BC Map of East Asia · 400 BC Map of Southeast Asia · 400 BC Map of Central Asia · 400 BC Map of North America · 400 BC Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 400 BC Map of South America · 400 BC Map of Oceania · 400 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.