Year
The world in 500
In 500 the atlas holds 142 states standing across 5 regions. 4 things began that year - Battle of Badon, Frisian Kingdom and Pushyabhuti dynasty among them - and 3 ended; 6 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 500s page, and to its century on the 5th century.
What began in 500
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 3
- Frisian Kingdom · state · 500 – 734
- Pushyabhuti dynasty · state · 500 – 647
- County of Blois · state · 500 – 1660
Wars and battles 1
- Battle of Badon · battle · 500
What ended in 500
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 3
- Troy · state · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Vakataka dynasty · state · 250 – 500
- Mahameghavahana dynasty · state · 250 BCE – 500 CE
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 500 6
- Procopius · writer · 500 – 558
- Theodora · monarch · 500 – 548
- Theudebert I · monarch · 500 – 548
- Gildas · writer · 500 – 570
- Theudigisel · ruler · 500 – 549
- Peter the Patrician · diplomat · 500 – 565
Died in 500 1
- Einion Yrth ap Cunedda · ruler · 420 – 500
Standing in 500
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.
Europe53 states
- France · 481 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Ancient Greece · 1201 BCE – 600 CE
- Huns · 106 – 673
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Lombards · 480 – 586
- Francia · 481 – 843 · Clovis I, king of Franks since 481
- Saxons · 283 – 799
- Visigothic Kingdom · 476 – 718 · Alaric II, king of Wisigoths since 484
- Celtic Britons · 439 – 1284
and 43 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa23 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Ariadne, Byzantine emperor since 476 and Anastasius I Dicorus, Byzantine emperor since 491
- Troy · 3000 BCE – 500 CE
- Rhodes · 188 BCE – 1249 CE
- Sasanian Empire · 224 – 651 · Kavad I, King of Kings since 498
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE · Kavad I, King of Kings since 498
- Kingdom of Aksum · 401 BCE – 960 CE
- Ghana Empire · 100 – 1200
- Kingdom of Iberia · 299 BCE – 580 CE
- Ghassanids · 220 – 638
- Himyar · 110 BCE – 525 CE
and 13 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
South Asia23 states
- Gupta Empire · 320 – 550
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE
- Gandhara · 751 BCE – 535 CE
- Hephthalites · 408 – 670
- Pallava dynasty · 275 – 897
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Kingdom of Khotan · 56 – 1006
- Vakataka dynasty · 250 – 500 · Harishena, Vakataka king since 480
- Western Ganga dynasty · 350 – 1000
- Kucha · 111 – 648
and 13 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia20 states
- Xiongnu · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Silla · 57 BCE – 892 CE
- Goguryeo · 37 BCE – 668 CE · Munjamyeong of Goguryeo, wang since 491
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Phạm Văn Tẩn, king since 498
- Paekche · 18 BCE – 660 CE · Dongseong of Baekje, king since 479
- Rouran Khaganate · 330 – 555 · Yujiulü Nagai, khagan since 492
- Xianbei · 208 BCE – 670 CE
- Pyu city-states · 201 BCE – 1050 CE
- Kaya confederacy · 42 – 562
- Kingdom of Funan · 68 – 550
and 10 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania5 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Teotihuacan · 50 BCE – 704 CE
- Zapotec civilization · 6701 BCE – 1201 CE
- Tiwanaku polity · 300 – 1150
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
Location unknown18 states
- Northern and Southern dynasties · 420 – 589 · Xiao Baojuan, Emperor of China since 489 and Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei, Emperor of China since 499
- Eastern Ye · 301 BCE – 500 CE
- Alchon Huns · 380 – 560 · Toramana, emperor since 493
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Licchavis of Nepal · 400 – 750
- Geumgwan Gaya · 43 – 532
- Oddiyana · 401 BCE – 1100 CE
- Varman dynasty · 350 – 655
- Daegaya · 42 – 562
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 475 – 525: every state, war and life of 500 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 500: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.