Historical world map · 400
World map in 400
An ancient-world reconstruction where authority often cannot be reduced to a surveyed modern border. This sourced reconstruction contains 367 mapped geometries. 80 have source labels representing 79 distinct names; 287 have no usable source label.
- Mapped geometries
- 367
- Labeled geometries
- 80
- Distinct labels
- 79
- Data source
- Historical Basemaps borders
World map preview and interactive explorer for 400
Static map preview for 400
Load the interactive view only when you want place search, year comparison, point history, or detailed border inspection.
Named in the source
States, realms, and regions mapped in 400
Usable source labels can mix states, empires, dependencies, cultural regions, and other mapped entities. Wording follows the dataset rather than forcing every shape into a modern-country category.
- Distinct named labels
- 79
- Unlabeled geometries
- 287
- Ainu
- Akatziri
- Alamans
- Amazon hunter-gatherers
- Andean hunter-gatherers
- Arctic marine mammal hunters
- Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
- Axum
- Blemmyes
- Burgunds
- Caribbean hunter-gatherers
- Caucasian Alans
- Copena
- Couture Complex
- Desert hunter-gatherers
- Dumonii
- Eastern Roman Empire
- Empire of Ghana
- Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers
- Fourche Maline Culture
- Franks
- Gaya
- Geats
- Gepids
- Glades Culture
- Goodall Focus
- Guanches
- Gupta Empire
- Hadramaut
- Hainan
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Hindu kingdoms
- Hopewell Culture
- Hunnic Empire
- Jin
- Khoiasan
- Koguryo
- Laurel complex
- Marksville Culture
- Maya chiefdoms and states
- Meroe
- Mill Creek Culture
- Miller
- Moche
- Monte Albán
- Nazca
- North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples
- Northern Liang
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Precision in the source
Not every border deserves the same confidence
Precision is inherited from the dataset when available. It describes how the line was encoded, not the overall certainty of every historical claim inside the polygon.
- Approximate border
- 367
These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.
Source, license, and download
Historical boundary snapshots for countries and cultural regions, used through 2010. Coverage: 53 available snapshots from prehistory through 2010
Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.