3000-1000 BCE

Minoan Hittites

Mesopotamia

Indus ValleyEgypt

Shang

500 BCE

Beginning of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism

Greek States

Carthage

Bantu

Nubia

Chavin

OlmecSheba

PersiansZhou

Indian States

323 BCE – Alexander

The Great

Alexander the Great

ZhouCarthage

Nubia

BantuNok

Olmec

Paracas

Celts Huns

200 BCE

Seleucid Qin (up to 206)Carthage

Nubia

Bantu

Ptolemaic

Olmec

Nazca

CeltsHuns

Germans

Roman Republic

Mauryan (Asoka)

Polynesians

Parthia

Bactria

14 CE

Han

Nubia

Bantu

Maya

Moche

Celts

Huns

Germans

Roman Empire

Kushan

Polynesians

Parthian Empire

Teotihuacan

Axum

Huns

Various kingdoms

200 CE –

Early Christianity and Silk Road

Han

Meroe

Bantu

Maya

Moche

Celts

Hsiung-Nu

Germans

Roman Empire

Kushan

Polynesians

Parthian

Empire

Teotihuacan

Axum

Huns

Andhra

420 CE –

Christianity Official in Rome Northern

Wei

Ghana

Bantu

Maya

Moche

Celts

Avars

Germans

Western Roman Empire Kushan

Polynesians

SassanidTeotihuacan

Axum

Huns

Gupta

SlavsHuns

Eastern Roman Empire Yamato

Liu Sung

600 CE -

Before

Start of

Islam Koguryo Silla

Ghana

Bantu

Maya

Moche

Celts

TurksFrankish

KingdomsTibetansSassanid

Teotihuacan

Axum

Turks

Chalukya

Slavs

Eastern Roman Empire Yamato

Sui

TiahuanacoBantu

Bantu

Arabs

Harsha

800 CE

Silla

Ghana

Bantu

Maya

Huari

Celts

UighursFrankish

Kingdoms

Tibetans

Abbasid Caliphate

Toltecs

Axum

Turks

Slavs

Eastern Roman Empire

Heian

Tang

Tiahuanaco Bantu

Bantu

Finns

AnasaziMound Builders

Srivijaya

Anglo-Saxons

Scandinavians Bulgars

Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba

Magyars

1000 CE

Koryo

Ghana

Bantu

Maya

Chimu

England

Uighurs

TibetansFatimid Caliphate

Toltecs

Turks

Russia

Byzantine Empire

Heian

Song

Bantu

Finns

AnasaziMound Builders

Srivijaya

ScandinavianHungary

Umayyad Caliphate of Cordoba

CholaKhmer

MongolsFrance

Holy Roman Empire

Poland

Maori

1237 CE – Rise of Mongols

Koryo

Mali

Bantu

Maya

Chimu

England

Almohad

CaliphateZapotec

Russia

Byzantine Empire

Kamakura

Song

Zimbabwe

Finns

Anasazi Mound Builders

Srivijaya

ScandinavianHungary

Castile& Leon

Sultanate

Of DelhiKhmer

MongolsFrance

Holy Roman Empire

Poland

Maori

Zanj City States

Inuit

Iroquois

Arawak

Benin

Ethiopia

Scots

AyyubidCaliphate

Rum

1300 CE

Mali

Bantu

Maya

Chimu

England

Marinids

Mixtec

Zapotec

Russia

Byzantine Empire

Kamakura

Jagatai

Khanate

Zimbabwe

Pueblo Mound Builders

Majapahit

ScandinavianKingdoms

Hungary

Castile Sultanate

Of DelhiKhmer

Yuan

France

Holy Roman Empire

Poland

Maori

Zanj City States

Inuit

Iroquois

Arawak

Benin

Ethiopia

Scotland

Mamelukes

Ilkhanate

Inca

Apache

Granada

Oyo

Portugal

Khanate of The Golden Horde

Lithuania

Aztec

1400 CE

Mali

Bantu

Maya

Chimu

England

Marinids

Mixtec-Zapotec

Russia – Mongol Tributary

Ottoman Empire

Ashikaga

Jagatai

Khanate

Zimbabwe

Pueblo Mound Builders

Majapahit

Union of Kalmar

Hungary

Castile

Vijayangara Siam

Ming

France

Holy Roman Empire

Poland- Lithuania

Maori

Zanj City States

Inuit

Iroquois

Arawak

Benin

Ethiopia

Scotland

Mamelukes

TimuridEmpire

Inca

Apache

Granada

Oyo

Portugal

Khanate of The Golden Horde

Aztec

Korea

1519 CE –

Reformation

Songhai

Maya

England

Islamic Kingdoms

Muscovy - Russia

Ottoman Empire

AshikagaPueblo Mound Builders

Union of Kalmar

Hungary

Spain

Vijayangara Siam

Ming

France

Holy Roman Empire

Poland- Lithuania

Maori

Inuit

Iroquois

Spanish Empire

Benin

Ethiopia

Scotland

SafavidEmpire

Inca

Oyo

Portugal

Aztec

P = Portuguese Trading and Slave Stations

Korea

Delhi Sultanate

Kongo

KazaksMongols Manchus

P

P

P

P

P PP

PP

P

P

P

P

P P

P

P

P Vietnam

1600 CE –

Spanish &

Ottoman

Empires

At peaks Kanem-

Bornu

England

Moroccan

Empire

Russian

Empire

Ottoman Empire

TokugawaPueblo

Sweden

Hungary

Spain

Vijayangara Siam

Ming

France

Holy Roman Empire

Poland

Maori

Inuit

Iroquois

Spanish Empire

Benin

Ethiopia

Scotland

SafavidEmpire

Oyo

P = Spanish and Portuguese Trading and Slave StationsSpain and Portugal were united Under the Spanish crown from1580-1640

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MughalEmpire

Kongo

KazaksMongols Manchus

P

P

P

P

P PP

PP

P

P

P

P

P P

P

P

Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

Vietnam

Denmark And Norway

P

PP

P

P

P

Tibetan

1714 CE

Bornu

Great Britain

Morocco

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

TokugawaPueblo

Sweden

Hapsburgs

Spain

Vijayangara Siam

Qing

France

Prussia

Maori

Inuit

Spanish Empire

Benin

Ethiopia

SafavidEmpire

Oyo

P = European Trading and Slave Stations

Korea

MughalEmpire

KazaksMongols

P

P

P

P PP

PP

P

P

P

P

P

Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

Vietnam

Denmark And Norway

P

P

P

Tibetan

Portuguese Empire

NetherlandsFrench Neth

British

British

French

Portugal

Portuguese Empire

Portuguese Empire

AlgiersTunisTripoli Oman

OmaniZanzibar

Netherlands

NetherlandsEast Indies

NetherlandsEast Indies

Asante

Poland

1804 CE –

Napoleonic

Europe

Bornu

United

Kingdom

Morocco

Russian Empire

Ottoman Empire

Tokugawa

Russians Sweden

Austria

Spain

British India Siam

Qing

France

Prussia

Maori

Spanish Empire

Benin

Ethiopia

Persia

Oyo

P = European Trading and Slave Stations

Korea

Marathas

Kazaks

P

P

P

P

Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

Vietnam

Denmark And Norway

P P

Portuguese Brazil

Neth.

French

British

UnitedStates

Portugal

Portuguese Empire

Portuguese Empire

AlgiersTunisTripoli Oman

OmaniZanzibar

Netherlands

NetherlandsEast Indies

British

HaitiBritish

British

Asante

Burma

British

Hausaland

AfghanistanTexas to USIn 1848

Mexico gainsIndependenceIn 1821

Central America gainsIndependence in 1823, Splits into 5 in 1839.

South America gainsIndependence from 1819 –1829

Greece gains independenceIn 1820s, others in 1878

Brazil gainsIndependenceIn 1822

1919 CE –

Post WWIUnited

Kingdom

Morocco

(French)

USSR

Turkey Japanese

Empire (Meiji)

US

Sweden

Austria

Spain

British IndiaSiam

China

France

Mexico

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Iran

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PPeru

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FrenchIndochina

P

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Canada

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IcelandFinland

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Madagascar(French)

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