Year
The world in 221 BCE
In 221 BCE the atlas holds 83 states standing across 5 regions. 2 things began that year - Qin dynasty and Lyttian War - and 4 ended; 5 people were born and 4 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 220s BCE page, and to its century on the 3rd century BCE.
What began in 221 BCE
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Qin dynasty · state · 221 – 206 BCE
Wars and battles 1
- Lyttian War · war · 221 – 219 BCE
What ended in 221 BCE
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 3
- Warring States period · state · 476 – 221 BCE
- Qin · state · 905 – 221 BCE
- Qi (state) · state · 1045 – 221 BCE
Wars and battles 1
- Qin's wars of unification · war · 230 – 221 BCE
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 221 BCE 5
- Eumenes II · military leader · 221 – 159 BCE
- Publius Claudius Pulcher · politician · 221 – 201 BCE
- Aulus Manlius Vulso · politician · 221 – 201 BCE
- Marcus Junius Brutus · politician · 221 – 164 BCE
- Antiochus · monarch · 221 – 193 BCE
Died in 221 BCE 4
- Berenice II · ruler · 266 – 221 BCE
- Hasdrubal the Fair · politician · 270 – 221 BCE
- Antigonus III Doson · military personnel · 263 – 221 BCE
- Diodotus II · ruler · 252 – 221 BCE
Standing in 221 BCE
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe14 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul since 221 BCE and Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, Roman consul since 221 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Marcus Minucius Rufus, Roman consul since 221 BCE and Publius Cornelius Scipio Asina, Roman consul since 221 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedonia since 229 BCE and Philip V of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 221 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- Achaean League · 280 – 146 BCE
- Antigonid dynasty · 306 – 168 BCE · Antigonus III Doson, king of Macedonia since 229 BCE and Philip V of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 221 BCE
- Aetolian League · 401 – 188 BCE
and 4 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa33 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Parthian Empire · 247 BCE – 224 CE
- Seleucid Empire · 312 – 63 BCE · Antiochus III the Great, Seleucid ruler since 224 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Bithynia · 297 – 74 BCE · Prusias I of Bithynia, King of Bithynia since 228 BCE
- Cyrenaica · 331 – 92 BCE
and 23 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia15 states
- Maurya Empire · 322 – 185 BCE · Samprati, Mauryan Emperor since 224 BCE
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Satavahana dynasty · 230 BCE – 220 CE
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Zhangzhung · 501 BCE – 625 CE
- Anuradhapura kingdom · 377 BCE – 1017 CE · Sena and Guttika, King of Anuradhapura since 237 BCE
- Mahameghavahana dynasty · 250 BCE – 500 CE
and 5 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia15 states
- Qin dynasty · 221 – 206 BCE · Qin Shi Huang, Emperor of China since 221 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE · Bu of Gojoseon, wang since 232 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE · Qin Shi Huang, Chinese king since 247 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Okjeo · 301 BCE – 300 CE
- Jin (Korean state) · 301 – 108 BCE
- Âu Lạc · 257 – 207 BCE · An Dương Vương, King of Âu Lạc since 257 BCE
- Tamna · 2337 BCE – 1404 CE
and 5 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania2 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
Location unknown4 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 246 BCE – 196 BCE: every state, war and life of 221 BCE and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 221 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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