Year
The world in 323 BCE
In 323 BCE the atlas holds 86 states standing across 5 regions. 6 things began that year - Peloponnesian War, Atropatene and Lysimachus among them - and 2 ended; 2 people were born and 3 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 320s BCE page, and to its century on the 4th century BCE.
What began in 323 BCE
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 4
- Peloponnesian War · state · 323 – 257 BCE
- Atropatene · state · 323 BCE – 226 CE
- Lysimachus · state · 323 – 282 BCE
- Laomedon of Mytilene · state · 323 – 319 BCE
Wars and battles 1
- Lamian War · war · 323 – 322 BCE
Treaties 1
- Partition of Babylon · treaty · 323 BCE
What ended in 323 BCE
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
Wars and battles 2
- Wars of Alexander the Great · war · 336 – 323 BCE
- Achaemenid conquest of the Indus Valley · battle · 535 – 323 BCE
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 323 BCE 2
- Alexander IV of Macedon · ruler · 323 – 309 BCE
- Antiochus I Soter · ruler · 323 – 262 BCE
Died in 323 BCE 3
- Alexander the Great · monarch · 356 – 323 BCE
- Diogenes of Sinope · philosopher · 403 – 323 BCE
- Stateira · politician · 346 – 323 BCE
Standing in 323 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 · Alexander the Great, tyrant since 336 BCE
- Ancient Rome · 753 BCE – 476 CE · Quintus Aulius Cerretanus, Roman consul since 323 BCE
- Roman Republic · 509 – 27 BCE · Quintus Aulius Cerretanus, Roman consul since 323 BCE
- Macedonia · 808 – 167 BCE · Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia since 336 BCE and Philip III of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 323 BCE
- Etruscan civilization · 750 – 265 BCE
- Scythians · 700 – 201 BCE
- Peloponnesian War · 323 – 257 BCE
- Colchis · 1701 – 164 BCE
- Bosporan Kingdom · 437 BCE – 370 CE
- League of Corinth · 337 – 322 BCE · Alexander the Great, Hegemon of the Hellenic League since 336 BCE
and 5 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa25 states
- Ancient Egypt · 4001 – 30 BCE · Alexander the Great, pharaoh since 330 BCE
- Babylon · 1894 BCE – 1 CE
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Phoenicia · 2500 – 64 BCE
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Cyrenaica · 331 – 92 BCE
- Kingdom of Kush · 2180 BCE – 350 CE
- Ancient Carthage · 814 – 146 BCE · Giscon, monarch of Carthage since 339 BCE
- Kingdom of Armenia · 553 BCE – 428 CE
and 15 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia13 states
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Yuezhi · 404 BCE – 42 CE
- Nanda Empire · 345 – 321 BCE · Dhana Nanda, emperor since 329 BCE
- Avanti · 701 – 301 BCE
- Malla · 601 – 301 BCE
- Surasena · 701 – 301 BCE
- Zhangzhung · 501 BCE – 625 CE
- Matsya · 701 – 301 BCE
- Vatsa · 701 – 301 BCE
- Anuradhapura kingdom · 377 BCE – 1017 CE · Mutasiva, King of Anuradhapura since 367 BCE
and 3 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia23 states
- Zhou dynasty · 1101 – 256 BCE · King Xian of Zhou, Chinese king since 368 BCE
- Warring States period · 476 – 221 BCE · King Xian of Zhou, Chinese king since 368 BCE
- Zhongshan · 366 – 292 BCE
- Old Chosŏn · 2333 – 108 BCE
- Chu (state) · 722 – 223 BCE
- Qin · 905 – 221 BCE · King Huiwen of Qin, Chinese sovereign since 338 BCE
- Yan (state) · 750 – 223 BCE
- Qi (state) · 1045 – 221 BCE
- Lu · 1101 – 249 BCE
- Zhao · 403 – 222 BCE · King Wuling of Zhao, Marquess of Zhao since 325 BCE and King Wuling of Zhao, Marquess of Zhao since 323 BCE
and 13 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 unknown8 states
- Argead dynasty · 700 – 309 BCE · Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia since 336 BCE and Philip III of Macedon, king of Macedonia since 323 BCE
- Chedi kingdom · 601 – 301 BCE
- Qedarites · 801 – 201 BCE
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Dao · 1001 – 222 BCE
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Eastern Zhou (state) · 770 – 249 BCE
- Ruo · 1046 – 256 BCE
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 348 BCE – 298 BCE: every state, war and life of 323 BCE and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 323 BCE: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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