Middle East Map History
Middle east before and after world war i settlements 1914 1922.
Middle east map history. Running through all these zones are long rivers especially the tigris and euphrates in mesopotamia and the nile in egypt. The middle east since the beginning of the 20th century constructed from the ruins of the ottoman empire after the first world war the current map of contemporary arab states in the middle east resulted from the great game played out by the european powers during the 19th century. Mediterranean lands at the time of the crusades droysens allgemeiner historischer handatlas 1886 ottoman empire joaquin de salas vara del rey middle east 1906 1920 joaquin de salas vara del rey ottoman levant syria aleppo beirut etc before 1914. From the origin of civilization to the modern conflicts that impact the world.
The western border of the middle east is defined by the mediterranean sea where israel lebanon and syria rest opposite from greece and italy in europe. Large parts are covered by desert or grassland. The middle east is a term traditionally applied by western europeans to the countries of sw asia and ne africa lying w of afghanistan pakistan and india. Return of the mummy by kevin macleod.
The area was viewed as midway between europe and east asia traditionally. See the entire history of the middle east mapped out every year. Thus defined it includes cyprus the asian part of turkey syria lebanon israel the west bank and gaza jordan iraq iran the countries of the arabian peninsula saudi arabia yemen oman united arab emirates qatar bahrain kuwait and egypt and libya. The middle east is a huge area with many different kinds of climate and landscape.
History in maps bbc middle east maps.