| Sovereign state
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| Achaea – Achaean League (from 280 BC)
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| Adena
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| Aetolia – Aetolian League
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| Albania – Kingdom of Albania
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| Ardiaean Kingdom – Ardiaean Illyric Kingdom (from 260 BC)
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| Atropatene – Kingdom of Atropatene
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| Bithynia (from 297 BC)
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| Bosporus – Bosporan Kingdom
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| Carthage
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| Chavín – Chavín Culture (to 250 BC)
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| Chera Kingdom
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| Chola – Chola Empire
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| Chorrera (to 300 BC)
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| Chu – State of Chu (to 223 BC)
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| Dardanian Kingdom – Dardanian Illyric Kingdom
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| Dongye – Korean chiefdom
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| Eastern Zhou – Kingdom of Eastern Zhou (from 256 BC – 249 BC)
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| Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire
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| Gojoseon – Ancient Korean Kingdom
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| Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (from 256 BC)
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| Han – Han dynasty (from 206 BC)
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| Han – State of Han (to 230 BC)
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| Iberia
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| Kush – Kingdom of Kush
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| Jin State – Jin state
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| Lu – State of Lu (to 256 BC)
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| Lycaonia
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| Macedonia
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| Maurya Empire
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| Maya
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| Minyue (from 224 BC)
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| Numidia – Kingdom of Numidia (from 202 BC)
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| Paracas
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| Parthian Empire (from 247 BC)
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| Pontus –- Kingdom of Pontus (from 291 BC)
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| Ptolemaic Empire
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| Qi – State of Qi (to 241 BC)
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| Qin – State of Qin
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| Qin – Qin dynasty (from 221 BC – 206 BC)
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| Roman Republic
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| Sātavāhana Empire (from 230 BC)
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| Scythia
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| Seleucid Empire
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| Sparta
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| State of the Scordisci (from c.278 BC)
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| Văn Lang (to 258 BC)
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| Wei – State of Wei (to 225 BC)
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| Yan – State of Yan (to 222 BC)
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| Zhoa – State of Zhoa (to 222 BC)
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| Zhou – Zhou dynasty (to 256 BC)
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