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The European powers have divided almost the whole of Africa up between them. See a map of the Middle East in 1914, in the last days of the Ottoman Empire just before the First World War.
Mar 26, 2015 · Here are 40 maps crucial for understanding the Middle East — its history, its present, and some of the most important stories in the region today. Middle East History The fertile...
Middle East Map, 1916. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Middle Eastern rulers tried to modernize their states to compete more effectively with Europe.
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...
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.
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Yet after 1945, British dominance quickly crumbled, leaving few relics of any kind. The initial impetus toward deeper British involvement in the Middle East arose from the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I on the side of the Central Powers at the end of October 1914.
