Image:Control over the Middle East in history

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After starting the animation, you can click on one of the dates on the timeline to jump to that date.

Contents

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

http://www.mapsofwar.com

Copyright

2006 Maps-of-War [1]

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