ConquestHeld by forceTunisia
Rome destroys Carthage
- Control taken
- 146 BCE
- Made official
- Never
Never formalized
The Third Punic War ends with Carthage razed and its land turned into the Roman province of Africa.
See it on the 100 BCE mapApproximate borders
The world in 100 BCE
84 states, peoples and territories are mapped in 100 BCE. The largest are Khoisan, Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers, Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers.
Explore 100 BCE on the mapLargest in 100 BCE
Areas calculated from the map outlines (≈). Share of Earth's land area including Antarctica.
| # | State or people | Area | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khoisan | 11,734,614 km² (4,530,760 sq mi) | 7.9% |
| 2 | Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers | 7,602,370 km² (2,935,292 sq mi) | 5.1% |
| 3 | Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers | 7,295,326 km² (2,816,741 sq mi) | 4.9% |
| 4 | West African cereal farmers | 6,005,685 km² (2,318,808 sq mi) | 4.0% |
| 5 | Arctic marine mammal hunters | 5,834,245 km² (2,252,615 sq mi) | 3.9% |
| 6 | Manioc farmers | 4,822,735 km² (1,862,068 sq mi) | 3.2% |
| 7 | Savanna hunter-gatherers | 4,816,290 km² (1,859,580 sq mi) | 3.2% |
| 8 | Amazon hunter-gatherers | 4,287,400 km² (1,655,374 sq mi) | 2.9% |
| 9 | Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers | 4,133,940 km² (1,596,123 sq mi) | 2.8% |
| 10 | Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers | 3,374,889 km² (1,303,052 sq mi) | 2.3% |
| 11 | Xiongnu | 3,239,502 km² (1,250,779 sq mi) | 2.2% |
| 12 | Yuezhi | 2,793,861 km² (1,078,716 sq mi) | 1.9% |
What changed since 200 BCE
Comparing the two snapshots. Some differences reflect improved mapping rather than real events, especially before 1500.
Grew the most
- Mauretania232k km² → 278k km²
Shrank the most
- Scythians5,332k km² → 1,412k km²
- Seleucid Kingdom1,752k km² → 1,591k km²
- Celts357k km² → 287k km²
- Min-Yue251k km² → 187k km²
Appeared
- Shunga Empire1,730k km²
- Roman Republic1,228k km²
- Sarmates819k km²
- Hopewell Culture778k km²
- Saces598k km²
- Laurel complex368k km²
- Numidia331k km²
- Dacians246k km²
Disappeared
- Saharan pastoral nomads9,646k km²
- Eastern North American hunter-gatherers3,345k km²
- Mauryan Empire2,804k km²
- Thai2,541k km²
- Turcik tribes2,141k km²
- Arabs2,087k km²
- Bactria1,720k km²
- Malays1,513k km²