Image:Control over the Middle East in history
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Caption
Who has conquered the Middle East over the course of world events?
Summary
This animation, created by "Maps-of-War", depicts 5,000 years of the history of the Middle East and surrounding areas by showing the expansion and contraction of the following:
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Hittite Empire
- Kingdom of Israel
- Assyrian Empire
- Babylonian Empire
- Persian Empire
- Mecedonian Empire
- Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Sassanid Empire
- The Caliphate
- Seljuk Empire
- Crusader Kingdoms
- Saladin's Empire
- Mongol Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- European colonialism
- Israel
The animation also shows the years in which countries in North Africa and the Middle East gained independence in the 20th Century.
Source
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2006 Maps-of-War [1]
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Categories: History | Middle East | Eurasia | North Africa | Empire | Religion | BCE | 1-1000 CE | 1000-1500 CE | 1500-1700 CE | 18th Century | 19th Century | 20th Century | 21st Century | Historical Map | Flash
