World map 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: 28 names within the world. The map also draws 251 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)
Bantu10,000,000
Aboriginal tribes (a description by the source, not a name)7,490,000
Khoiasan6,290,000
Austronesians1,430,000
Cardial Ware culture (a description by the source, not a name)1,200,000
Kelteminar culture1,050,000
Funnel-Beaker1,020,000
Dravidians304,000
Norte Chico292,000
Early combware280,000
Kelteminar232,000
Narva229,000
Ainu177,000
Volga-Kamm164,000
Valdivia161,000
Jōmon155,000
Nemay151,000
Stentinello culture90,600
Hurrian Kingdoms74,900
Ubaid68,900
Namazga66,900
La Almagra culture (a description by the source, not a name)66,000
Amuq D64,300
Naquada I60,600
Aboriginal Tasmanians57,400
Dimini39,000
Ghassul36,300
Dapenkeng culture (a description by the source, not a name)29,400

What changed since 8,000 BC

Now drawn

Khoiasan, Cardial Ware culture, Kelteminar culture, Funnel-Beaker, Dravidians, Norte Chico, Early combware, Kelteminar, Narva, Ainu, Volga-Kamm, Valdivia, Nemay, Stentinello culture, Hurrian Kingdoms, Ubaid, Namazga, La Almagra culture, Amuq D, Naquada I, Dimini, Ghassul, Dapenkeng culture

No longer drawn

Khoisan, Hunters-gatherers, Steppe Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Coastal and Woodland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Okhotsk culture, Alluvial Lowland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Levantine Corridor (Neolithic Farmers), HIghland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers, Neolithic Farmers, Highland Mesolithic Hunter-Foragers

The world in 5,000 BC: states, borders and changes

The same date elsewhere

Map of Europe · 5,000 BC Map of the Middle East · 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 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.

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