List of political entities in the 4th century BC explained

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 4th century BC.

Sovereign states

Sovereign state	Years
Achaemenid Empire	550–330 BC
Adena culture	1000–200 BC
Albania	4th century BC – 8th century AD
Ammon	– 332 BC
Athens	510–322 BC
Atropatene	320s BC – 3rd century AD
Bithynia	297–74 BC
Carthaginian Empire	650–146 BC
Chavín culture	900–200 BC
Chera Kingdom	5th century BC – AD 1102
Chola	3rd century BC -AD 13th century
Chorrera	1800–300 BC
Chu	1030–223 BC
Corinth	700–338 BC
Cyrene	631–525 BC
Dʿmt	980–400 BC
Dardanian Kingdom	c.448 BC – 28 BC
Gojoseon	2333–108 BC
Han	403–230 BC
Iberia	302 BC – 580 AD
Kalinga	1376–285 BC
Kush	1070 BC – 350 AD
Lu	856–256 BC
Lycaonia	8th century – 200 BC
Macedonia	8th century – 146 BC
Maya civilization	2000 BC- 900 AD
Meroë	542 BC – 4th century AD
Nanda Empire	424–321 BC
Olmec	1400–400 BC
Pandya	4th century BC-1650 AD
Paracas culture	600–175 BC
Ptolemaic Kingdom	305–30 BC
Qi	1046–241 BC
Qin	845–221 BC
Roman Republic	509–27 BC
Saba	12th/8th century BC – 275 AD
Scythia	8th century BC – 2nd century AD
Seleucid Empire	312–63 BC
Sparta	11th century – 195 BC
Taranto	706 BC – 1465 AD
Thebes	14th century BC – 1458 AD
Văn Lang	2879–258 BC
Wei	403–225 BC
Yan	865–222 BC
Yue	334–334 BC
Zheng	806–375 BC
Zhoa	403–222 BC
Zhou	1045–256 BC

See also

• List of Bronze Age states
• List of Iron Age states
• List of Classical Age states
• List of states during Late Antiquity
• List of states during the Middle Ages