Polity · 247 BCE – 127 BCE
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom
- Peak recorded area
- 1,364,630 km²
- 170 BCE
- Data series
- 20
- 200 BCE–135 BCE
Overview
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom was a Greek kingdom during the Hellenistic period located in Central Asia and Afghanistan. The kingdom was founded by the Seleucid satrap Diodotus I Soter in about 256 BC, and continued to dominate Central Asia until its fall around 120 BC. At its peak the kingdom consisted of present-day Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and for a short time, small parts of Kazakhstan, Pakistan, India and Iran.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
7 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 127 BCE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Largest Settlement Pop | 37.5Kpersons248 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Population | 6.24score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Population | 1.8Mpersons200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Economy
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Sophistication | 1.5score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Monetary Complexity | 0.8333score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Levels | 5levels248 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Military Sophistication | 0.375score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Territory & resources
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Territory km²2 obs · 200 BCE–180 BCE | 2.2Msq km180 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Polity Territory | 6.34score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Governance
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Admin Levels2 obs · 200 BCE–150 BCE | 4levels150 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Religious Hierarchy | 1.5levels248 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
Development
6 of 9 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Government Complexity | 0.7625score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Hierarchy Levels | 4.5score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Information Complexity | 0.8score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Infrastructure | 0.8571score200 BCE · Seshat Equinox 2020 |
| Known Ancient Places | 151places135 BCE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
| Known Ancient Settlements | 74settlements135 BCE · Pleiades Gazetteer |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Pleiades Gazetteer2024 snapshot
Bagnall, R. et al. (eds.). Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places.
CC BY 3.0
Seshat Equinox 2020Equinox 2020
Turchin, P. et al. Seshat Global History Databank, Equinox 2020 release.
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.