Approximate borders
The world in 2000 BCE
Most of the world is home to hunter-gatherers and farming cultures without fixed borders. States exist only in a few river valleys: Egypt along the Nile, the city-states of Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and early dynasties on China's Yellow River.
Explore 2000 BCE on the mapLargest in 2000 BCE
Areas calculated from the map outlines (≈). Share of Earth's land area including Antarctica.
| # | State or people | Area | Share of land |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archaic Amerindian hunter-gatherers | 28,819,653 km² (11,127,331 sq mi) | 19.4% |
| 2 | Bantu | 12,837,704 km² (4,956,665 sq mi) | 8.6% |
| 3 | Saharan pastoral nomads | 9,720,952 km² (3,753,281 sq mi) | 6.5% |
| 4 | Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers | 7,602,370 km² (2,935,292 sq mi) | 5.1% |
| 5 | Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers | 7,439,505 km² (2,872,409 sq mi) | 5.0% |
| 6 | Khoisan | 6,311,618 km² (2,436,929 sq mi) | 4.2% |
| 7 | Austro-Asiatic rice cultures | 5,868,134 km² (2,265,699 sq mi) | 3.9% |
| 8 | Arctic marine mammal hunters | 4,995,606 km² (1,928,814 sq mi) | 3.4% |
| 9 | Mesoamerican hunter-gatherers and maïze farmers | 4,499,996 km² (1,737,458 sq mi) | 3.0% |
| 10 | Andronovo | 4,168,269 km² (1,609,378 sq mi) | 2.8% |
| 11 | Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers | 3,962,310 km² (1,529,857 sq mi) | 2.7% |
| 12 | Thai | 3,844,703 km² (1,484,448 sq mi) | 2.6% |
Key events up to 2000 BCE
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