The world in 600 BC
On 1 July 600 BC, IntMap’s historical map draws 122 names across the world. The borders for this date come from Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. It also draws 95 outlines whose name the record does not give for this date.
Why this year has a page
Among the largest year-to-year changes in the records the map dates by year or by day: 21 names begin or stop being drawn between 1 July 601 BC and 1 July 600 BC.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate. The record column says which record draws the outline; a Wikidata item is given where the record links one.
| Name | Record | Drawn area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Khoiasan | historical-basemaps | 11,700,000 |
| Saharan pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 9,900,000 |
| Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 7,600,000 |
| Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 7,170,000 |
| West African cereal farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 6,030,000 |
| Arctic marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 5,910,000 |
| Proto-Altaic pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 4,990,000 |
| Savanna hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 4,820,000 |
| Manioc farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 4,770,000 |
| Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 4,440,000 |
| Karasuk culture | historical-basemaps | 4,360,000 |
| Amazon hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 4,280,000 |
| Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 3,600,000 |
| Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 3,530,000 |
| Tibetans | historical-basemaps | 3,310,000 |
| Plain bison hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 2,850,000 |
| Iranian pastoralists (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 2,840,000 |
| Vedic Aryans | historical-basemaps | 2,550,000 |
| Arabian pastoral nomads (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 2,520,000 |
| Desert hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 2,350,000 |
| Median Kingdom | Cliopatria | 2,240,000 |
| Austro-Asiatic rice farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 2,200,000 |
| Pampas cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 1,830,000 |
| Scythia | Cliopatria | 1,680,000 |
| Urnfield cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 1,650,000 |
| N. European Bronze Age cultures (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 1,640,000 |
| Sinic | historical-basemaps | 1,630,000 |
| Maize farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 1,590,000 |
| Cimerians | historical-basemaps | 1,540,000 |
| Austronesians | historical-basemaps | 1,280,000 |
| Dravidians | historical-basemaps | 1,210,000 |
| Berbers | historical-basemaps | 1,090,000 |
| Papuan neolithic farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 1,050,000 |
| Spring and Autumn States | Cliopatria | 1,010,000 |
| Burmese | historical-basemaps | 961,000 |
| Andean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 744,000 |
| Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 722,000 |
| Neo-Babylonian Empire | Cliopatria Q624887 | 704,000 |
| Saami | historical-basemaps | 631,000 |
| Celtiberians | historical-basemaps | 548,000 |
| North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples | historical-basemaps | 533,000 |
| Caribbean hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 513,000 |
| Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt | Cliopatria Q662410 | 454,000 |
| Zhoa | historical-basemaps | 442,000 |
| Elam | historical-basemaps | 389,000 |
| Ethiopian highland farmers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 376,000 |
| Proto-Scythian culture (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 367,000 |
| Chu | Cliopatria Q504759 | 353,000 |
| state societies and Aramaean kingdoms (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 352,000 |
| Kingdom of Kush | Cliopatria Q241790 | 337,000 |
All 122 names
| Name | Record | Drawn area (km²) |
|---|---|---|
| Arameans | historical-basemaps | 288,000 |
| Late Jomon culture (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 281,000 |
| Chernoles culture | historical-basemaps | 279,000 |
| Chorrera | historical-basemaps | 262,000 |
| Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 259,000 |
| Lydia | Cliopatria Q620765 | 256,000 |
| Thrace | historical-basemaps | 256,000 |
| Wu | Cliopatria · historical-basemaps Q912068 | 245,000 |
| Lusatian culture | historical-basemaps | 233,000 |
| Illyrians | historical-basemaps | 221,000 |
| Milograd culture | historical-basemaps | 188,000 |
| Greek City-States | Cliopatria | 172,000 |
| Ainu | historical-basemaps | 159,000 |
| El Paraiso | historical-basemaps | 157,000 |
| Kingdom of Urartu | Cliopatria Q185068 | 155,000 |
| Paleo-Koreans | historical-basemaps | 150,000 |
| Shellfish gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 149,000 |
| Hittites | historical-basemaps | 146,000 |
| Jin | Cliopatria Q912043 | 137,000 |
| Urartu | historical-basemaps | 108,000 |
| Qi | Cliopatria Q837855 | 103,000 |
| Saba | historical-basemaps | 99,900 |
| Egypt | historical-basemaps | 97,600 |
| Hadhramaut | Cliopatria Q1517159 | 86,200 |
| Chavin | historical-basemaps | 82,900 |
| Mahajanapadas | Cliopatria Q846025 | 81,100 |
| Greek city-states (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 72,800 |
| Kush | historical-basemaps | 71,400 |
| Tasmanian hunter-gatherers (a description by the source, not a name) | historical-basemaps | 59,400 |
| Qin | Cliopatria Q34756 | 56,500 |
| Sabaeans | Cliopatria Q940785 | 55,500 |
| Yan | Cliopatria Q1055713 | 49,700 |
| Olmec | historical-basemaps | 48,600 |
| Etruscans | Cliopatria Q17161 | 48,100 |
| Chinchoros | historical-basemaps | 45,900 |
| Phrygians | historical-basemaps | 45,100 |
| Lu | Cliopatria Q736936 | 43,600 |
| Kingdom of David and Solomon | historical-basemaps | 35,900 |
| Phoenicia | Cliopatria Q41642 | 35,400 |
| Phoenician Empire | Cliopatria Q41642 | 35,100 |
| La Tène culture | historical-basemaps | 28,100 |
| Song | Cliopatria Q1065073 | 22,600 |
| Babylonia | historical-basemaps | 18,200 |
| Olmec Civilization | Cliopatria | 17,700 |
| Carthage | Cliopatria Q2429397 | 12,400 |
| Guanches | historical-basemaps | 9,080 |
| Wey | Cliopatria Q1147897 | 7,020 |
| Zhu | Cliopatria Q227007 | 6,650 |
| Janapada of Anga | Cliopatria Q1155818 | 5,590 |
| Janapada of Malla | Cliopatria Q1376303 | 5,500 |
| Janapada of Aśmaka | Cliopatria Q1194906 | 5,480 |
| Macedonian Empire | Cliopatria Q83958 | 5,470 |
| Zheng | Cliopatria Q197598 | 5,280 |
| Janapada of Kuru | Cliopatria | 5,240 |
| Janapada of Matsya | Cliopatria Q2665398 | 5,230 |
| Janapada of Surasena | Cliopatria Q1330149 | 5,200 |
| Janapada of Vajji | Cliopatria Q605199 | 5,170 |
| Janapada of Avanti | Cliopatria Q4827705 | 5,110 |
| Janapada of Kamboja | Cliopatria | 5,090 |
| Chen | Cliopatria Q1069690 | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Kāśī | Cliopatria | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Magadha | Cliopatria Q234009 | 5,050 |
| Janapada of Kosala | Cliopatria Q756854 | 5,000 |
| Janapada of Gandhāra | Cliopatria Q112980583 | 4,990 |
| Janapada of Pañcāla | Cliopatria Q558603 | 4,970 |
| Xu | Cliopatria Q2650109 | 4,630 |
| Janapada of Cedī | Cliopatria | 4,400 |
| Teng | Cliopatria Q1356151 | 4,320 |
| Janapada of Vatsa | Cliopatria Q1331184 | 4,020 |
| Cao | Cliopatria Q284964 | 4,010 |
| Cai | Cliopatria Q1025803 | 3,690 |
| Roman Kingdom | Cliopatria Q201038 | 857 |
What changed since 700 BC
Names counted are those the records date to the year or the day (CShapes, OpenHistoricalMap, Cliopatria). Outlines filled from the nearest historical-basemaps sheet are counted only when both years are years that sheet was drawn for — otherwise the change would be the switch between two sheets, not a change in the world. Names are compared as written, so a polity a record names differently in the two years (Carthaginian Empire, then Carthage) is in both lists.
Now drawn (25)
Median Kingdom, Scythia, Neo-Babylonian Empire, Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, Kingdom of Urartu, Mahajanapadas, Olmec Civilization, Carthage, Janapada of Anga, Janapada of Malla, Janapada of Aśmaka, Macedonian Empire, Janapada of Kuru, Janapada of Matsya, Janapada of Surasena, Janapada of Vajji, Janapada of Avanti, Janapada of Kamboja, Janapada of Kāśī, Janapada of Magadha, Janapada of Kosala, Janapada of Gandhāra, Janapada of Pañcāla, Janapada of Cedī, Janapada of Vatsa
No longer drawn (4)
Neo-Assyrian Empire, Elam, Phrygia, Phoenician Colonies
Events dated to 600 BC
The index of dated events holds no event for 600 BC.
Sources 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.
Which years have a page is worked out when the site is built, from three rules applied to the records themselves: every year the historical-basemaps atlas drew a world sheet for; every year whose change from the year before (names the dated records begin or stop drawing) is in the top 5% of all such year-to-year changes since the dated records begin, leaving out the years where one record hands over to another; and every year of a geopolitical, war or revolution event in the dated events index, up to the last year the border records cover (2019).
On each year the map is read on 1 July, the instant the app’s own year links open on. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation. A name is what a record draws there, not a verdict of history.