479 maps · 3000 BC to 2020
Historical maps by year: the world from 3000 BC to today
See which states and empires held the land in any year of history. Each page lists every state in the region, the largest first, what changed since the year before, and the guided atlas chapters about that moment. Every map opens on our interactive map, which covers every year from 3400 BC to 2024: zoom in, move the year slider, or ask the history guide a question and it draws the answer on the map.
The World
- 3000 BC
- 2000 BC
- 1500 BC
- 1000 BC
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
Europe
- 1500 BC
- 1000 BC
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
the Middle East
- 2000 BC
- 1500 BC
- 1000 BC
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
Asia
- 3000 BC
- 2000 BC
- 1500 BC
- 1000 BC
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
Africa
- 1500 BC
- 1000 BC
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
India and South Asia
- 500 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
China and East Asia
- 750 BC
- 500 BC
- 323 BC
- 200 BC
- 100 BC
- AD 1
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1444
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
North America
- 600
- 700
- 900
- 1000
- 1100
- 1200
- 1300
- 1400
- 1453
- 1492
- 1500
- 1550
- 1600
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
South America
- 1550
- 1648
- 1700
- 1750
- 1776
- 1789
- 1800
- 1815
- 1830
- 1850
- 1871
- 1880
- 1900
- 1910
- 1914
- 1918
- 1920
- 1930
- 1938
- 1939
- 1940
- 1942
- 1945
- 1950
- 1960
- 1970
- 1980
- 1990
- 2000
- 2010
- 2020
About these borders
The borders come from Cliopatria (v0.2.1, Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0), the dataset behind our interactive map, with our audited name and border corrections. It records each state's territory year by year from 3400 BC to 2024. Borders before modern surveys are reconstructions: the data draws a state where it held control, and frontier zones, nomadic realms and loose overlordships are approximate. Areas are measured on an equal-area projection. Read how we make our maps.