Sovereign state Achaea – Achaean League (from 280 BC) [ disputed – discuss ] 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 [ citation needed ] 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) 
