TL;DR – Links to every geographical feature mentioned in Humankind so you can explore them if interested

Database –

Back we I was working on my Civilization VI map, I started to document all the locations I was using as a basis for the maps, and on the whole, I got some great feedback for that Cartographic Educational Database. With hat in mind, when I was starting my Humankind map, I did the smart thing and put all this data together at the same time, rather than going back over it at a later date doubling up my work. It also is part of my sharing that fun that I got as I learned more about the world we live in.

Below you will find links to Cultures and their Cities, Independent People, Cultural Wonders, Natural Wonders, and Landmarks.

Most of these links will be to the relevant Wikipedia page, just because that is probably the most practical option for most people, but there are some links to other sites where it was the best fit. Also, while I have tried to find easily accessible links to every feature, some of them don’t have that access. There is the odd one here and there, as well as the whole Bantu city list, which you can see below. Before we start, I have to thank the Humankind Wiki for collating all the cities for me so I did not have to dive into the code.

You can see the Full Humankind Map HERE. So let’s dive into the geographical world of Humankind.  

To assist with searching, you can jump to

• Cultures and their Cities;
• Independent Peoples;
• Wonders (Cultural Wonders & Natural Wonders);
• Landmarks (Deserts, Forests, Lakes, Mountains & Rivers)

Cultures

Achaemenid Persians –   Pārsá, Çūšā, Pāsragadā, Bāxtriš, Hágmátāná, Bābirūviyá, Spárdá, Arbáirā, Yádā & Ráxā

Aksumites – Aksum, Adulis, Däqqi Mäḥari, Ḥawǝlti, Käskäsé, Mäṭära, Qoḥayto, Toḵonda, Wakarida & Yǝḥa

Americans –  Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Boston, New Orleans & San Francisco

Argentinians – Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba, Mendoza, San Miguel de Tucumán, La Plata, Santa Fe, Salta, Mar del Plata & San JuanAssyrian – Aššur, Ninuwā, Dūr-Šarrukīn, Arbailu, Kalḫu, Harrānu, Sirqu, Qaṭṭara, Arrapḫa & Dūr-Katlimmu

Australians – Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin, Wollongong & Cairns

Austro-Hungarians – Wien, Budapest, Prag, Triest, Agram, Serajewo, Salzburg, Graz, Pressburg & Brünn

Aztecs – Tenōchtitlan, Tetzcohco, Tlacōpan, Itztapalāpan, Cuauhtitlan, Tēpeāca, Cōlhuahcān, Ātlacuīhuayān, Huāxtepēc & Huexōtlah

Babylonians – Babylon, Sippar, Kiš, Ur, Nibbur, Mari, Larsa, Uruk, Dilbat & Barsipa

Bantu – Mucenge, Mucúmbà, Dipáta, Mucé, Ngándá, Mungì, Dijádì, Gumbo, Mucókó & Budá (all proto-Bantu for village, so locations are suggested)

Brazilians – Brasília, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte, Manaus, Belém, Porto Alegre, Recife & Fortaleza

British – London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Plymouth, Norwich, Bath & Brighton

Byzantines – Kônstantinoúpolis, Níkaia, Thessaloníki, Hadrianoúpolis, Várion, Dyrráchion, Trapezoús, Nikomếdia, Antiócheia & Chersôn

Caralans – Caral, Huayto, Huaricanga, Shaura, Upaca, Miraya, Lurihuasi, Huaura, Huacachi & Caballete

Carthaginians – Carthage, Utica, Gadir, Iol, Hadrumetum, Eryx, Thapsus, Tharros, Lilybaeum & Nora

Celts – Nemossos, Bibracte, Avaricon, Durovernon, Numantia, Brixia, Singidunum, Nemetocenna, Durocorteron & Carrodunon

Chinese – Běijīng, Guangzhōu, Shànghǎi, Chóngqìng, Hángzhōu, Shēnzhèn, Kūnmíng, Wǔhàn, Chéngdū & Tiānjīn

Cubans – La Habana, Santiago de Cuba, Santa Clara, Trinidad, Holguín, Camagüey, Pinar del Río, Cienfuegos, Matanzas & Bayamo

Dutch – Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden, Den Haag, Delft, Middelburg, Breda, Haarlem, Groningen & Utrecht

Edo Japanese – Edo, Kyoto, Osaka, Nagoya, Kanazawa, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Hakodate, Sendai & Hakone

Egyptians (Ancient) – Memphis, Thebes, Akhetaton, Pi-Ramesses, Zawty, Abedju, Hut-Waret, Nekhen, Iunu & Tjenu

Egyptians (Contemporary) – al-Qāhira, al-Iskandariyya, al-Gīza, Būr Sa’īd, as-Suwais, al-Mansūra, Asyūt, Aswān, al-Ismā’īlīya & al-Uqsur

English – Londonia, Euruic, Cantvaria, Oxeneford, Norwic, Snotingeham, Grentebrige, Wintonia, Bristou & Sarisberie

Ethiopians – Addis Abäba, Gondär, Harär, Mäqälä, Awasa, Baher Dar, Dollo, Derre Dawa, Ğimma & Warder

Franks – Parisius, Aurilianus, Turonus, Carnotena, Remus, Castrum Blesense, Bituriga, Tolosa, Narbo & Dorestatus

French – Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Saint-Etienne & Ajaccio

Garamantes – Garama, Zynkekra, Alele, Cillaba, Cydamus, Matelgae, Debris, Baracum & Augila

Germans – Berlin, Hamburg, München, Köln, Leipzig, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Nürnberg & Hannover

Ghanaians – Koumbi Saleh, Aoudaghost, Oualata, Tichitt, Nema, Galam, Dia, Sosso, Diara & Goumbou

Goths – Gothiscandza, Oium, Árheimar, Tolosa, Narbona, Arverna, Albiga & Ruthena

Greeks – Athênai, Spártā, Kórinthos, Thêbai, Éphesos, Rhódos, Syrákousai, Mílētos, Delphoí & Olympía

Harappans – Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Lothal, Ganweriwala, Shortugai, Dholavira, Nausharo, Rakhigarhi, Kot Diji & Surkotada

Haudenosaunee – Onondaga, Canadasaga, Cahunghage, Canajoharie, Ganondagan, Canienga, Gewauga, Kanaraske, Ganadoga & Gistaquat

Hittites – Ḫattuša, Neša, Šapinuwa, Karkamiš, Ugarit, Qadeš, Ḫalpa, Šarišša, Ḫanikku & Kummiya

Huns – Szeged

Inca – Qusqu, Saqsaywaman, Tumipampa, Willkapampa, Willkaswaman, Chuqik’iraw, Inkapirqa, Qašamarka, Pumamarka & Puka Pukara

Indians – Mumbaī, Dillī, Kolkātā, Bengalūru, Haidarābād, Ahmadābād, Pune, Cennaī, Sūrat & Jayapur

Italians – Roma, Napoli, Milano, Torino, Parma, Palermo, Firenze, Modena, Padova & Brescia

Japanese – Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Kobe, Sapporo, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Saitama & Niigata

Joseon – Hanseong, Pyeongyang, Jeonju, Gaeseong, Daegu, Wonju, Hamheung, Haeju, Gongju & Ulsan

Khmer – Yaśodharapura, Īśānapura, Vyādhapura, Mahānagara, Mahendraparvata, Indrapura, Lavapura, Bhavapura, Grahi & Naravaranagara

Maasai –  Enkare Nanyokie, Enchorro Emuny, Kiserrian, Ongata Barrikoi, Nairragie, Ole Nkijape, Narok-ilmoru, Naiurruur, Ilmorog & Embusel

Mauryans – Pāṭaliputra, Takṣaśilā, Ujjayinī, Tosalī, Mathurā, Girnār, Vaiśālī, Tāmraliptī, Kauśāmbī & Suvarṇagiri

Maya – Tik’al, Lakamha’, Oxwitik, Chich’en Itza’, Tulu’um, Óoxmáal, Màayapáan, Tak’alik Ab’aj, Edzná & Ts’íibil Cháaltun

Mexicans – México, Monterrey, San Luis Potosí, Guadalajara, Chihuahua, Mérida, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Guanajuato & Mazatlán

Ming – Běijīng, Nánjīng, Nánchāng, Guǎngzhōu, Jǐnán, Hángzhōu, Kāifēng, Fúzhōu, Yúnnán & Chéngdū

Mississippians – Cahokia, Etowah, Jaora, Cofitachequi, Mabila, Coosa, Ocute, Towosahgy, Ichisi & Capachequi

Mongols – Sarai, Karakorum, Khanbaliq & Yeke-Etjen-Koro

Mughals – Āgrā, Fateḥpur Sīkrī, Lāhaur, Shāhjahānābād, Jahāngīr Nagar, Kābul, Aḥmadābād, Bījāpur, Ḥaidarābād & Aurangābād

Mycenaeans – Mykênê, Knôsós, Iôlkós, Tíryns, Pílos, Kydônía, Gla, Thorikós, Argos & Midéa

Nazca – Cahuachi, Cantayoq, Orcona, Upanca, Taruga, Pajonal, Poroma, Cabildo, Pataraya & Tunga

Nigerians – Abuja, Lagos, Kano, Ibadan, Benin City, Port Harcourt, Jos, Ilorin, Kaduna & Maiduguri

Norsemen – Heiðabýr, Birka, Kaupangr, Jórvík, Lundr, Aldeigjuborg, Niðaróss, Hróiskelda, Uppsala & Dyflinn

Nubians – Kerma, Napata, Meroë, Miam, Buhen, Nuri, El-Kurru, Pachoras, Kawa & Sedeinga

Olmecs – San Lorenzo, La Venta, Tres Zapotes, Laguna de los Cerros, Chalcatzingo, El Manatí, Cascajal, El Azuzul, San Martín Pajapan & La Cobata

Ottomans – Konstantiniyye, Burūsa, Baġdād, İzmīr, Haleb, Selānīk, Kāhire, Dımışḳ, Medīne & Būdīn

Persians – Esfahān, Tehrān, Šīrāz, Tabrīz, Herāt, Neyšābūr, Zaranǧ, Marāgha, Kandahār & Kermānšāh

Phoenicians – Byblos, Sidon, Tyre, Arwad, Sarepta, Biruta, Kition, Ziz, Gadir & Caralis

Poles – Kraków, Warszawa, Gdańsk, Lublin, Poznań, Lwów, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Chełmno & Kijów

Romans – Roma, Capua, Ravenna, Mediolanum, Ostia, Londinium, Lugdunum, Caesaraugusta, Sirmium & Augusta Treverorum

Russians – Sankt-Peterburg, Moskva, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Riga, Smolensk, Yekaterinburg, Rostov, Kazan & Astrakhan

Siamese – Krungthē̂p, Chiangmaì, Hā̀t Yaì, Khōrā̂t, Rā̂tchaburī, Pítsanúlō̂k, Sī̌sakèt, Sawǎnkhalō̂k, Mahā̌ Sarakhām & Ubon Rā̂tchatānī

Spanish – Toledo, Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Córdoba, Granada, Valladolid, Salamanca, Valencia & Santiago de Compostela

Soviets – Moskva, Leningrad, Kiev, Tashkent, Minsk, Baku, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Tbilisi & Stalingrad

Swahili – Kilwa, Lamu, Pate, Malindi, Zanzibar, Sofala, Pemba, Monbasa, Kua & Songo Mnara

Swedes – Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Uppsala, Västerås, Örebro, Helsingborg, Linköping, Lund & Halmstad

Taíno – Habana, Bahama, Bayaguana, Guanahani, Abacoa, Caguana, Damajagua, Jatibonicu, Magua & Cayacoa

Teutons – Achen, Magadoburg, Mentze, Cölln, Wurms,Spire, Francofurt, Regenspurg, Strazburg & Lübecke

Turks – İstanbul, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Trabzon, Adana, Kayseri, Bodrum, Gaziantep & Eskişehir

Umayyads – Dimašq, al-Baṣra, al-Fusṭāṭ, Makka, al-Kūfa, Qurṭuba, al-Madīna, ʿAdan, Išbīliya & al-Qayrawān

Venetians – Venesia, Trevixo, Verona, Pàdova, Zara, Ravena, Bergamo, Vicensa, Spàlato & Brèsa

Zhou – Hàojīng, Fēnghào, Luòyì, Wàngchéng, Qūfù, Jì, Línzī, Jìchéng, Qǔwò & Shāngqiū

Zulu – KwaBulawayo, Ulundi, uMgungundlovu, Nobamba, KwaDukuza, Nodwengu & Eziqwaqweni

Independent Peoples

Ancient Era – Akkadians (Akkad), Elamites (Šuš), Hurrians (Urkes), Hyksos (Avaris), Kassites (Dur-Kurigalzu), Lulubi (Luluban), Medes (Hagmatāna), Minoans (Phaistos), Mitannians (Waššukanni), Nok (Nok) & Tlatilcans (Tlatilco)

Classic Era – Arverni (Gergovia), Burgundians (Worms), Cantabri (Vellica), Cherusci (Teutoburg), Dacians (Sarmizegetusa), Etruscans (Velzna), Mochicas (Moche), Molossians (Passaron), Numidians (Khirtan), Parthians (Hecatompylos), Picts (Burghead), Sabines (Cures), Scythians (Scythian Neapolis), Sirikwa (Hyrax Hill), Tiwanakans (Tiwanaku),  Urewe (Yala Alego), Vandals (Hippo Regius) & Zapotecs (Huijazoo)

Medieval Era – Armenians (Sis), Avars (Sirmium), Berbers (Tlemcen), Bretons (Gwened), Chancay (Lumbra), Chimú (Chan Chan), Icelanders (Þingvellir), Khazars (Atil), Magyars (Esztergom), Makurians (Dongola),  Malinkes (Sorotomo), Marajoarans (Marajó), Muisca (Hunza), Normans (Rouen), Ostrogoths (Ravenna), Scots (Dunadd), Somalis (Mogadishu), Thai (Ayutthaya), Toltecs (Tollan), Visigoths (Toledo) Wari (Wari) & Wolof (Thieng)

Early Modern Era – Funj (Sennar), Himba (Otjihinamaparero), Kongo (Mbanza-Kongo), Lupaca (Chucuito), Malays (Malacca), Tamils (Singai Nagar), Tarascans (Tzintzuntzan), Tlaxcaltecs (Tlaxcala) & Yoruba (Òyó)

Wonders

Cultural Wonders – Angkor Wat, Big Ben, Christ the Redeemer, Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Colossus of Rhodes, Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Forbidden City, Great Mosque of Djenné, Great Zimbabwe, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Machu Picchu, Maracanã Stadium, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Notre Dame, Pyramid of Giza, Pyramid of the Sun, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Statue of Liberty, Statue of Zeus, Stonehenge, Sydney Opera House, Taj Mahal, Temple of Artemis, Tōdai-Ji & Topkapi Palace

Natural Wonders – Atacama Desert, Danakil Desert, Great Barrier Reef, Great Blue Hole, Gunung Mulu, Ha Long Bay, Kawah Ijen, Lake Baikal, Lake Hillier, Lake Natron, Lençois Maranhenses, Mount Everest, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Roraima, Mount Vesuvius, Perito Moreno Glacier, Salar de Uyuni, Salto Ángel, Victoria Falls, Vinicunca, Yellowstone & Zuma Rock

Landmarks

Deserts – Atacama, Black Rock, Chalbi, Chihuahuan, Dasht-e Kavir, Dasht-e Lut, Dasht-e Margo, Ferlo, Gobi, Guban, Mojave, Namib, Negev, Ogaden, Puntland, Registan, Rubʿ al Khali, Sahara, Sonoran, Thar & Ustyurt

Forests – Bhitarkanika, Białowieża, Bosawás, Daintree, Eravikulam, Kanha-Kisli, Karkloof, Kinabalu, Miombo, Schwarzwald, Sumatra, Sundarbans, Taiga, Takayna, Tazekka, Tongass, Valdivian, Virgin Komi, Waipoua, Xishuangbanna & Yakushima

Lakes – Bamendjing, Berryessa, Chad, Five Flower, Huron, Kati Thanda, Ladoga, Lough Neagh, Malawi, Michigan, Nettilling, Onega, Plitvice, Taal, Tanganyika, Titicaca, Toba, Victoria, Vostok, Windermere & Winnipeg

Mountains – Alps, Andes, Appalachians, Atlas, Barisans, Carpathians, Caucasus, Chersky, Hengduan, Himalayas, Hindu Kush, Hindu Raj, Karakoram, Kunlun, Qin, Rockies, Saint Elias, Taurus, Tian Shan, Urals & Zagros

Rivers – Amazon, Amur, Brahmaputra, Congo, Danube, Ganges, Indus, Mackenzie, Mekong, Mississippi, Murray, Niger, Nile, Ob, Orinoco, Purús, Rio Grande, Seine, Shatt al-Arab, Tigris, Tocantins, Volga, Yangtze, Yenisei, Yukon & Zambezi

That brings us to the end of the list. We will keep updating the list as more features for Humankind are announced.