World map 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: 117 names within the world. The map also draws 114 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 | 10,100,000 |
| 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 |
| Achaemenid Empire | 6,270,000 |
| 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) | 4,330,000 |
| 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) | 3,510,000 |
| 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 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,350,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,830,000 |
| Maize farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,580,000 |
| Austronesians | 1,430,000 |
| Hindu kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,360,000 |
| Iron Age megalith cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 952,000 |
| Spring and Autumn States | 898,000 |
| Papuan neolithic farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 884,000 |
| 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 |
| Scythia | 643,000 |
| Saami | 631,000 |
| Zhou states (a description by the source, not a name) | 598,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | 533,000 |
| Carthaginian Empire | 514,000 |
| Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 513,000 |
| Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 376,000 |
| Chu | 353,000 |
| Kingdom of Kush | 337,000 |
| 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 |
| Plain-Pottery culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 235,000 |
| Adena Culture | 225,000 |
| Illyrians | 197,000 |
| Wu | 194,000 |
| Magadha | 185,000 |
| 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 |
| Ainu | 159,000 |
| El Paraiso | 157,000 |
| Jin | 153,000 |
| Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 149,000 |
| Greek City-States | 148,000 |
| Carthage | 126,000 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | 114,000 |
| Paleo-Inuit | 112,000 |
| Yue | 111,000 |
| Mahajanapadas | 93,800 |
| Blemmyes | 88,900 |
| Qi | 87,000 |
| Hadhramaut | 86,200 |
| Milograd culture | 83,600 |
| Chavin | 82,900 |
| Eastern Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 74,500 |
| Pancala | 66,000 |
| Etruscans | 65,600 |
| Sabaeans | 64,200 |
| Kuru | 64,000 |
| Simhala | 62,000 |
| Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 59,400 |
| Glades Culture | 59,100 |
| Macedonian Empire | 57,100 |
| Qin | 56,500 |
| Saba | 54,900 |
| Avanti | 53,300 |
| Yan | 49,700 |
| Meroe | 46,900 |
| Chinchoros | 45,900 |
| Surasena | 44,500 |
| Pomeranian culture | 44,400 |
| Lu | 43,600 |
| Magadha - Haryanka dynasty | 33,500 |
| Western Masurian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 32,600 |
| Olmec | 31,800 |
| Kosala | 29,700 |
| Gandhāra | 24,000 |
| Song | 22,600 |
| Curonians | 21,700 |
| Olmec Civilization | 17,700 |
| Kasi | 16,500 |
| Peloponnesian League | 15,600 |
| Boii | 11,600 |
| Etrurians | 11,200 |
| Samnites | 9,160 |
| Guanches | 9,080 |
| Sambian-Nothangian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 8,310 |
| Sabini | 7,630 |
| Wey | 6,910 |
| Zhu | 6,650 |
| Zapotec Civilization | 6,470 |
| Janapada of Malla | 5,500 |
| Janapada of Aśmaka | 5,420 |
| Zheng | 5,280 |
| Janapada of Kuru | 5,240 |
| Janapada of Matsya | 5,230 |
| Janapada of Surasena | 5,200 |
| Janapada of Vajji | 5,170 |
| Malla | 5,140 |
| Janapada of Avanti | 5,110 |
| Chen | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Kāśī | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Kosala | 5,000 |
| Janapada of Pañcāla | 4,970 |
| Janapada of Cedī | 4,400 |
| Teng | 4,320 |
| Janapada of Vatsa | 4,020 |
| Cao | 4,010 |
| Cai | 3,690 |
| Vatsa | 3,230 |
| Rome | 404 |
| Roman Republic | 238 |
What changed since 700 BC
Now drawn
Saharan Pastoral Nomads, Achaemenid Empire, Hindu kingdoms, Iron Age megalith cultures, Scythia, Zhou states, Carthaginian Empire, Plain-Pottery culture, Adena Culture, Magadha, Brushed Pottery culture, Bell-shaped burials culture, Carthage, Paleo-Inuit, Yue, Mahajanapadas, Blemmyes, Eastern Masurian culture, Pancala, Kuru, Simhala, Glades Culture, Macedonian Empire, Avanti, Meroe, Surasena, Pomeranian culture, Magadha - Haryanka dynasty, Western Masurian culture, Kosala, Gandhāra, Curonians, Olmec Civilization, Kasi, Peloponnesian League, Boii, Etrurians, Samnites, Sambian-Nothangian culture, Sabini, Zapotec Civilization, Janapada of Malla, Janapada of Aśmaka, Janapada of Kuru, Janapada of Matsya, Janapada of Surasena, Janapada of Vajji, Malla, Janapada of Avanti, Janapada of Kāśī, Janapada of Kosala, Janapada of Pañcāla, Janapada of Cedī, Janapada of Vatsa, Vatsa, Rome, Roman Republic
No longer drawn
Saharan pastoral nomads, Karasuk culture, Tibetans, Iranian pastoralists, Vedic Aryans, Arabian pastoral nomads, Austro-Asiatic rice farmers, Urnfield cultures, N. European Bronze Age cultures, Sinic, Cimerians, Dravidians, Berbers, Burmese, Neo-Assyrian Empire, Celtiberians, Zhoa, Elam, Proto-Scythian culture, state societies and Aramaean kingdoms, Arameans, Chernoles culture, Thrace, Lusatian culture, Phrygia, Paleo-Koreans, Hittites, Urartu, Egypt, Kush, Phrygians, Kingdom of David and Solomon, Phoenicia, La Tène culture, Lydia, Babylonia, Phoenician Empire, Phoenician Colonies, Xu, Roman Kingdom, Assyria
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 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 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.