60 maps · 3000 BC to 2020
Historical maps of Asia: 3000 BC to 2020
Every state and empire in Asia, year by year, from 3000 BC to 2020. Pick a year to see which states held the land, which ones were new since the year before, and the atlas chapters that tell their story. Each year opens on the interactive map, where you can move through every year between them and ask the history guide what happened.
3000 BC4 states · Early Dynastic Period of Egypt, the Sumerian City-States and Indus Valley Civilization2000 BC4 states · Indus Valley Civilization, Elam and the Middle Kingdom of Egypt1500 BC11 states · the New Kingdom of Egypt, Mitanni and the Shang Dynasty1000 BC11 states · the Zhou Dynasty, the New Kingdom of Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush750 BC32 states · the Spring and Autumn States, the Neo-Assyrian Empire and Chu500 BC39 states · the Achaemenid Empire, the Spring and Autumn States and Scythia323 BC32 states · the Macedonian Empire, the Nanda Empire and the Warring States China200 BC32 states · Xiongnu, the Allegiance of Seleucid Empire to Roman Republic and the Han Dynasty100 BC34 states · Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty and the Parthian EmpireAD 141 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, the Parthian Empire and Xiongnu10036 states · the Alliance between Han Dynasty and Xiongnu, the Parthian Empire and the Kushan Empire20036 states · Xianbei, the Han Dynasty and the Parthian Empire30035 states · Western Jin, the Sasanian Empire and the Roman Empire40042 states · the Allegiance of Kidarites to Sasanian Empire, the Sasanian Empire and Western Jin50035 states · Alliance between Northern Wei and Rouran Khaganate, Rouran Khaganate and White Huns60036 states · Western Göktürks, the Sui Dynasty and the Sasanian Empire70038 states · the Umayyad Caliphate, the Tang Dynasty and Türgesh80043 states · the Abbasid Caliphate, the Tibetan Empire and the Tang Dynasty90056 states · the Tang Dynasty, the Alliance between Samanid Empire and Ziyadid dynasty and the Allegiance of Ziyadid dynasty to Abbasid Caliphate100060 states · Northern Song, the Ghaznavid Empire and the Liao Dynasty110074 states · the Great Seljuk Empire, Kimek-Kipchak confederation and Northern Song120075 states · Allegiance of Southern Song to Great Jin, Kimek-Kipchak confederation and Vassalage of Western Xia to Great Jin130068 states · the Allegiance of Golden Horde to Yuan Dynasty, the Allegiance of Ilkhanate to Yuan Dynasty and the Allegiance of Chagatai Khanate to Yuan Dynasty140086 states · the Alliance between Golden Horde and Timurid Empire, the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty144478 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Vassalage of Qara Qoyunlu to Timurid Empire145381 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Khanate of Sibir149286 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty150088 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Mongol Khanate and the Ming Dynasty155088 states · the Allegiance of Joseon to Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Khanate of Sibir160071 states · Tsardom of Russia, the Golden Horde and the Ming Dynasty164886 states · Tsardom of Russia, the Qing Dynasty and the Mughal Empire170079 states · Tsardom of Russia, the Qing Dynasty and the Mughal Empire175094 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire177692 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire178988 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire180082 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire181573 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the Ottoman Empire183067 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire185066 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire187163 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire188057 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire190046 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire191041 states · the Russian Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Empire191440 states · the Russian Empire, the British Empire and the Republic of China191847 states · Anti-Bolshevik Russia (White governments), the British Empire and the Republic of China (Beiyang era)192044 states · the Republics of the Soviet Union, the British Empire and the Republic of China (Beiyang era)193044 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Republic of China193843 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Republic of China193943 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Republic of China194040 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Republic of China194239 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Republic of China194536 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the British Empire and the Empire of Japan195046 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China and the British Empire196051 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India197062 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India198067 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India199067 states · the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India200087 states · the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India201085 states · the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India202087 states · the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India
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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.