Historical world map · 600

World map in 600

A medieval reconstruction of kingdoms, empires, and overlapping regional authority. This sourced reconstruction contains 204 mapped geometries. 88 have source labels representing 83 distinct names; 116 have no usable source label.

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Mapped geometries: 204
Labeled geometries: 88
Distinct labels: 83
Data source: Historical Basemaps borders

Historical world map reconstruction showing mapped regions in 600 — Static map preview for 600
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Named in the source

States, realms, and regions mapped in 600

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: 83
Unlabeled geometries: 116

Ainu
Alwa
Amazon hunter-gatherers
Andean hunter-gatherers
Arakan
Arctic marine mammal hunters
Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers
Avars
Axum
Blemmyes
Broërec
Bulgars
Caloosahatchee cultureure
Cantia
Caribbean hunter-gatherers
Chalukyas
Champa
Chauhans
Chen-La
Danes
Desert hunter-gatherers
Dumnonia
Dvaravati
Eastern North Amercian hunter-gatherers
Eastern Roman Empire
Empire of Ghana
Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers
Frankish Kingdom
Frisians
Funan
Göktürks
Guta
Hejaz
Hindu kingdoms
Huari Empire
Kamarupa
Kanauj
Khazars
Khoiasan
Koguryo
Lombard principalities
Makkura
Mataram
Maya states
Mazun
minor states under Indian influence
Moche
Monte Alb?n

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Neustria
Nobatia
North American Pacifi foraging, hunting and fishing peoples
Ostrogoths
Paekche
Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers
Pallavas
Pampas cultures
Patagonian shellfish and marine mammal hunters
Plain bison hunters
Plateau fichers and hunter gatherers
Saami
Sasanian dependencies
Sasanian Empire
Savanna hunter-gatherers
Saxons
Shaskanka
Shellfish gatherers
Silla
Simhala
Slavs
Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers
Sui Empire
Swedes
Tasmanian hunter-gatherers
Teotihuacàn
Thai Kingdoms
Tiahuanaco Empire
Tuʻi Tonga Empire
Vasconia
Vazimba
Veracruz civilization
Visigothic Kingdom
West African cereal farmers
Yamato

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: 204

These precision categories cover all mapped geometries. Label coverage is reported separately above, so the two sets of counts should not be added together.

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Historical boundary snapshots for countries and cultural regions, used through 2010. Coverage: 53 available snapshots from prehistory through 2010

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Reuse terms: GPL-3.0 repository license. Check the original project for full attribution and reuse requirements.

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