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Historical Countries

Build your knowledge of Rome in under a day with Wolfram|Alpha’s data on historical countries. Explore history from the dawn of civilization in the Fertile Crescent through powerful intercontinental empires all the way to modern breakaway states, accessing details about important dates and locations.

Historical Countries

Journey through the past with maps and data on historical locations.

Get information about a historical country, kingdom or culture:

Holy Roman Empire
Polis of Chersonesos
Kamakura Shogunate
Bear Flag Republic

Learn when a country was formed and how long it endured:

When did Upper Egypt end?
How long did the Aztec empire last?
beginning of the Bell Beaker Culture

Compare multiple historical countries:

The Mayans
Bernicia, Northumbria
Ancient Athens vs Sparta
compare the timelines of the songhai, benin empire, ghanian empire and the mali empire

Learn how to refer to a country's inhabitants:

roman republic demonym
nationality name for the kingdom of burgundy

Historical Maps

Map the rise and fall of nations with location-based data:

Find out which current countries are located where a historical country existed:

Byzantine Empire current countries
Which current countries were ruled by the Mongolian empire?

Access time-specific boundary maps:

Ottoman Empire in 1566
Minoan civilization in 1600 BCE
Gupta empire in 400

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