Year
The world in 230 BCE
In 230 BCE the atlas holds 90 states standing across 5 regions. 2 things began that year - Satavahana dynasty and Qin's wars of unification - and 1 ended; 9 people were born and 1 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 230s BCE page, and to its century on the 3rd century BCE.
What began in 230 BCE
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Satavahana dynasty · state · 230 BCE – 220 CE
Wars and battles 1
- Qin's wars of unification · war · 230 – 221 BCE
What ended in 230 BCE
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 1
- Han (Warring States) · state · 403 – 230 BCE
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 230 BCE 9
- Qin Er Shi · ruler · 230 – 207 BCE
- Zhao Tuo · monarch · 230 – 137 BCE
- Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus · politician · 230 – 183 BCE
- Marcus Aemilius Lepidus · politician · 230 – 152 BCE
- Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica · politician · 230 – 171 BCE
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus · politician · 230 – 201 BCE
- Tiberius Sempronius Longus · politician · 230 – 174 BCE
- Lucius Furius Purpureo · politician · 230 – 201 BCE
- Gaius Calpurnius Piso · politician · 230 – 180 BCE
Died in 230 BCE 1
- Aristarchus of Samos · astronomer · 310 – 230 BCE
Standing in 230 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.
Europe15 states
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Marcus Aemilius Barbula, Roman consul since 230 BCE and Marcus Junius Pera, Roman consul since 230 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Marcus Aemilius Barbula, Roman consul since 230 BCE and Marcus Junius Pera, Roman consul since 230 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Demetrius II Aetolicus, king of Macedonia since 239 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 · Demetrius II Aetolicus, king of Macedonia since 239 BCE
- Aetolian League · 401 – 188 BCE
and 5 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 · Seleucus II Callinicus, Seleucid ruler since 246 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Bithynia · 297 – 74 BCE · Ziaelas of Bithynia, King of Bithynia since 254 BCE
- Cyrenaica · 331 – 92 BCE
and 23 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia15 states
- Maurya Empire · 322 – 185 BCE · Dasharatha Maurya, Mauryan Emperor since 232 BCE
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Greco-Bactrian Kingdom · 250 – 125 BCE · Diodotus II, King of Greco-Bactrian kingdom since 236 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 Asia20 states
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE · Bu of Gojoseon, wang since 232 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE · Qin Shi Huang, Chinese king since 247 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Zhao · 403 – 222 BCE · King Youmiu, Marquess of Zhao since 235 BCE
- Han (Warring States) · 403 – 230 BCE
- Wei (state) · 403 – 225 BCE · King Jingmin of Wei, king since 242 BCE
and 10 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 unknown5 states
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 255 BCE – 205 BCE: every state, war and life of 230 BCE and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 230 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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