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See a map of the Middle East in 1914, in the last days of the Ottoman Empire just before the First World War.
Index to Villages and Settlements in Palestine (1949) Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
The Middle East in 1939. On the eve of the Second World War, most of the Middle East was still administered by the mandatory or protecting colonial powers of Britain, France and Italy. Turkey and Iran were independent.
A collection of historical maps covering the history of the Middle East and North Africa.
- The fertile crescent, the cradle of civilization. World History: Patterns of Interaction. If this area wasn't the birthplace of human civilization, it was at least a birthplace of human civilization.
- How ancient Phoenicians spread from Lebanon across the Mediterranean. Philip's Atlas of World History.
- How the Middle East gave Europe religion, three times. The Concise Atlas of World History. The Middle East actually gave Europe religion four times, including Islam, but this map shows the first three.
- When Mohammed's Caliphate conquered the Middle East. Mohammad Adil. In the early 7th century AD in present-day Saudi Arabia, the Prophet Mohammed founded Islam, which his followers considered a community as well as a religion.
These are the current internationally recognized boundaries in the Middle East. Disputed boundaries are indicated with a dotted line. In 1919, the British and French implemented the 1916 Sykes...
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May 13, 2016 · Take a look at a map of the Middle East. One hundred years ago, on May 16, 1916, Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and François Marie Denis Georges-Picot finished drawing it up.
