Historical world map · 500 BC
World map in 500 BC
A snapshot of the ancient world during the age of major Mediterranean and Asian powers. This sourced reconstruction contains 189 mapped geometries. 77 have source labels representing 74 distinct names; 112 have no usable source label.
- Mapped geometries
- 189
- Labeled geometries
- 77
- Distinct labels
- 74
- Data source
- Historical Basemaps borders
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Named in the source
Cultures, peoples, and polities mapped in 500 BC
Usable source labels mix archaeological cultures, peoples, broad cultural regions, and early polities. They are reproduced as dataset labels, not converted into modern-country categories.
- Distinct named labels
- 74
- Unlabeled geometries
- 112
- Achaemenid Empire
- Adena Culture
- Ainu
- Amazon hunter-gatherers
- Andean hunter-gatherers
- Arctic marine mammal hunters
- Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
- Austronesians
- Avanti
- Bell-shaped burials culture
- Blemmyes
- Boii
- Brushed Pottery culture
- Caribbean hunter-gatherers
- Carthaginian Empire
- Chavin
- Chinchoros
- Chorrera
- Curonians
- Desert hunter-gatherers
- Eastern Masurian culture
- Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers
- El Paraiso
- Ethiopian highland farmers
- Etrurians
- Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers
- Gandhāra
- Glades Culture
- Greek city-states
- Guanches
- Hindu kingdoms
- Illyrians
- Iron Age megalith cultures
- Kasi
- Khoiasan
- Kosala
- Kuru
- Late Jomon culture
- Magadha
- Maize farmers
- Malla
- Manioc farmers
- Meroe
- Milograd culture
- North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples
- Olmec
- Paleo-Inuit
- Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers
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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
- 189
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.