World map in 500
For 500, 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: 136 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 | 11,200,000 |
| 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 |
| Arctic marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 5,910,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | 5,570,000 |
| Savanna hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,820,000 |
| Amazon hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,280,000 |
| Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 4,130,000 |
| Rouran Khaganate | 3,840,000 |
| Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 3,530,000 |
| White Huns | 3,300,000 |
| Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,790,000 |
| Southern Qi | 2,370,000 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 2,350,000 |
| Austronesian | 2,290,000 |
| Sasanian Empire | 2,210,000 |
| Eastern Roman Empire | 2,150,000 |
| Greenland | 1,860,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,830,000 |
| Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 1,650,000 |
| Gupta Empire | 1,220,000 |
| Northern Wei | 1,170,000 |
| unclaimed | 1,050,000 |
| Axum | 853,000 |
| Hopewell Culture | 776,000 |
| 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 |
| Visigothic Kingdom | 689,000 |
| Vakataka Kingdom | 674,000 |
| Saami | 617,000 |
| Ostrogothic Kingdom | 555,000 |
| Tuyuhun | 554,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | 533,000 |
| Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 513,000 |
| Protectorate of the Western Regions | 437,000 |
| Himyarite Kingdom | 417,000 |
| Ruanruan | 410,000 |
| Goguryeo | 409,000 |
| Funan | 400,000 |
| Scandinavian minor kingdoms | 384,000 |
| Mayan City-States | 380,000 |
| Laurel complex | 368,000 |
| Empire of Ghana | 335,000 |
| Merovingian Empire | 305,000 |
| Salian Franks | 277,000 |
| Lakhmid Kingdom | 259,000 |
| Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | 259,000 |
| Vandal Kingdom | 250,000 |
| New Zealand | 250,000 |
| Point Peninsula | 244,000 |
| Swift Creek Culture | 222,000 |
| Kadamba Empire | 203,000 |
| Lavo | 194,000 |
| Ainu | 159,000 |
| Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 149,000 |
| Marksville Culture | 149,000 |
| Nobatia | 148,000 |
| Maitraka Dynasty | 145,000 |
| Anglo-Saxon England | 144,000 |
| Kalabhra Dynasty | 139,000 |
| Vandals | 138,000 |
| Kamarupa Kingdom | 130,000 |
| Brythons | 129,000 |
| Brythonic Kingdoms | 129,000 |
| Kurykans | 126,000 |
| Alodia | 124,000 |
| Burgundian Kingdom | 119,000 |
| Yamato | 119,000 |
| Pyu City-States | 117,000 |
| Dorset | 112,000 |
| Iceland | 101,000 |
| Saxons | 101,000 |
| Moche | 98,500 |
| Kingdom of Axum | 97,500 |
| Veracruz civilization (a description by the source, not a name) | 92,700 |
| Kingdom of the Suebi | 91,900 |
| Blemmyes | 88,900 |
| Makkura | 87,900 |
| Caucasian Albania | 74,900 |
| Anurādhapura | 74,200 |
| Chámpa | 73,100 |
| Fourche Maline Culture | 70,700 |
| Zapotec Civilization | 70,000 |
| Makuria | 65,500 |
| Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | 59,400 |
| Caloosahatchee cultureure | 59,100 |
| Kingdom of the Franks | 57,000 |
| Goodall Focus | 52,600 |
| Couture Complex | 51,800 |
| Porter | 50,500 |
| Copena | 46,500 |
| Kushan Principalities | 44,800 |
| Ripuarian Franks | 44,100 |
| Miller | 43,600 |
| Nazca | 41,900 |
| Vishnu-Kundins | 41,700 |
| Kingdom of Thuringia | 40,400 |
| Teotihuacàn | 38,800 |
| Late Pallava Empire | 38,100 |
| Caucasian Iberia | 35,700 |
| Baekje | 34,900 |
| Saugeen Complex | 32,600 |
| Kadambas | 27,700 |
| Basks | 27,100 |
| Western Gangas | 25,600 |
| Mill Creek Culture | 25,400 |
| Lazica | 24,500 |
| Tuʻi Tonga Empire | 24,200 |
| Silla | 23,900 |
| Monte Albàn | 23,100 |
| Ostrogoths | 22,500 |
| Tarumanagara | 17,800 |
| Vakataka | 16,600 |
| Poverty point culture (a description by the source, not a name) | 16,100 |
| Champa | 14,800 |
| Lombards | 14,400 |
| Maya states (a description by the source, not a name) | 8,350 |
| Visigoths | 7,600 |
| Teotihuacan | 5,690 |
| Kingdom of Sussex | 5,640 |
| Kingdom of Kent | 4,400 |
| Sveves | 4,330 |
| Pallavas | 3,340 |
| Swedes | 3,070 |
| Turingians | 2,380 |
| Tamna | 1,970 |
| Franks | 1,650 |
| Toba Wei | 931 |
| Paekche | 855 |
| Pandyas | 683 |
| Anglo-Saxons | 393 |
| Cheras | 283 |
| Hunnic Empire | 197 |
| Cholas | 123 |
| Koguryo | 119 |
| Armorica | 62.1 |
What changed since 400
Now drawn
Rouran Khaganate, White Huns, Southern Qi, Austronesian, Greenland, Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers, unclaimed, Visigothic Kingdom, Ostrogothic Kingdom, Scandinavian minor kingdoms, Merovingian Empire, Vandal Kingdom, New Zealand, Lavo, Maitraka Dynasty, Anglo-Saxon England, Brythons, Brythonic Kingdoms, Kurykans, Burgundian Kingdom, Yamato, Dorset, Iceland, Veracruz civilization, Kingdom of the Suebi, Makkura, Caloosahatchee cultureure, Kingdom of the Franks, Kushan Principalities, Vishnu-Kundins, Kingdom of Thuringia, Teotihuacàn, Kadambas, Basks, Western Gangas, Tuʻi Tonga Empire, Monte Albàn, Vakataka, Poverty point culture, Champa, Lombards, Maya states, Kingdom of Sussex, Kingdom of Kent, Sveves, Pallavas, Turingians, Toba Wei, Pandyas, Anglo-Saxons, Cheras, Cholas, Armorica
No longer drawn
Western Jin, Western Roman Empire, Huns, Western Satraps, Xionites, Kidarites, Later Yan, Later Qin, Meroe, Sixteen Kingdoms, Jin, Northern Liang, Western Qin, Paleo-Inuit, Later Liang, Yueban, Hadramaut, Caucasian Alans, Hindu kingdoms, Glades Culture, Persia, Wusun, Teotihuacán, Southern Liang, Geats, Monte Albán, Norse, Alamans, Byeonhan, Dumonii, Guanches, Maya chiefdoms and states, Burgunds, Angles, Hainan, Gaya, Akatziri
The same date elsewhere
Map of Europe · 500 Map of the Middle East · 500 Map of Africa · 500 Map of South Asia · 500 Map of East Asia · 500 Map of Southeast Asia · 500 Map of Central Asia · 500 Map of North America · 500 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 500 Map of South America · 500 Map of Oceania · 500
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.