The Mediterranean in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 28 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- French Third Republic
- Kingdom of Spain
- Italian Africa
- British Africa
- Kingdom of Italy
- German Empire
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Principality of Bulgaria
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Portuguese Republic
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Swiss Confederation
- Albania
- Montenegro
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1889
Italian Africa · Portuguese Republic · Albania · Emirate of Nejd · Luxembourg · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1939
Ottoman Empire · Russian Empire · Austria-Hungary · Kingdom of Spain · German Empire · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Serbs · Portuguese Republic · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Albania · Montenegro · Qajar Dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Netherlands
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1914
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.