See main article: List of pre-modern states.
See also: List of Classical Age states. This is a list of sovereign states or polities that existed in the 3rd m century BC.
| Sovereign state | |
|---|---|
| Achaea – Achaean League (from 280 BC) | |
| Adena | |
| Aetolia – Aetolian League | |
| Albania – Kingdom of Albania | |
| Ardiaean Kingdom – Ardiaean Illyric Kingdom (from 260 BC) | |
| Atropatene – Kingdom of Atropatene | |
| Bithynia (from 297 BC) | |
| Bosporus – Bosporan Kingdom | |
| Carthage | |
| Chavín – Chavín Culture (to 250 BC) | |
| Chera Kingdom | |
| Chola – Chola Empire | |
| Chorrera (to 300 BC) | |
| Chu – State of Chu (to 223 BC) | |
| Dardanian Kingdom – Dardanian Illyric Kingdom | |
| Dongye – Korean chiefdom | |
| Eastern Zhou – Kingdom of Eastern Zhou (from 256 BC - 249 BC) | |
| Ethiopia – Ethiopian Empire | |
| Gojoseon – Ancient Korean Kingdom | |
| Greco-Bactrian Kingdom (from 256 BC) | |
| Han – Han Dynasty (from 206 BC) | |
| Han – State of Han (to 230 BC) | |
| Iberia | |
| Kush – Kingdom of Kush | |
| Jin State – Jin state | |
| Lu – State of Lu (to 256 BC) | |
| Lycaonia | |
| Macedonia | |
| Maurya Empire | |
| Maya | |
| Minyue (from 224 BC) | |
| Numidia – Kingdom of Numidia (from 202 BC) | |
| Paracas | |
| Parthian Empire (from 247 BC) | |
| Pontus –- Kingdom of Pontus (from 291 BC) | |
| Ptolemaic Empire | |
| Qi – State of Qi (to 241 BC) | |
| Qin – State of Qin | |
| Qin – Qin Dynasty (from 221 BC - 206 BC) | |
| Roman Republic | |
| Sātavāhana Empire (from 230 BC) | |
| Scythia | |
| Seleucid Empire | |
| Sparta | |
| State of the Scordisci (from c.278 BC) | |
| Văn Lang (to 258 BC) | |
| Wei –- State of Wei (to 225 BC) | |
| Yan – State of Yan (to 222 BC) | |
| Zhoa – State of Zhoa (to 222 BC) | |
| Zhou – Zhou Dynasty (to 256 BC) |