Approximate borders

The world in 700 BCE

73 states, peoples and territories are mapped in 700 BCE. The largest are Khoisan, Saharan pastoral nomads, Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers.

Largest in 700 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	Saharan pastoral nomads	10,047,416 km² (3,879,329 sq mi)	6.7%
3	Australian aboriginal hunter-gatherers	7,602,370 km² (2,935,292 sq mi)	5.1%
4	Paleo-Siberian hunter-gatherers	7,295,326 km² (2,816,741 sq mi)	4.9%
5	West African cereal farmers	6,033,497 km² (2,329,546 sq mi)	4.1%
6	Arctic marine mammal hunters	5,834,245 km² (2,252,615 sq mi)	3.9%
7	Proto-Altaic pastoralists	4,994,425 km² (1,928,358 sq mi)	3.4%
8	Savanna hunter-gatherers	4,816,290 km² (1,859,580 sq mi)	3.2%
9	Manioc farmers	4,764,577 km² (1,839,614 sq mi)	3.2%
10	Subarctic forest hunter-gatherers	4,434,133 km² (1,712,028 sq mi)	3.0%
11	Karasuk culture	4,342,258 km² (1,676,555 sq mi)	2.9%
12	Amazon hunter-gatherers	4,287,400 km² (1,655,374 sq mi)	2.9%

Comparing the two snapshots. Some differences reflect improved mapping rather than real events, especially before 1500.

ConquestHeld by forceLevant

Never formalized

Samaria falls to the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the northern kingdom becomes Assyrian provinces.