The Mediterranean in 1923
1923 is the year of the Treaty of Lausanne. This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1923
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- Ottoman Empire
- French Third Republic
- Italian Africa
- Kingdom of Spain
- British Africa
- Kingdom of Egypt
- Kingdom of Romania
- Kingdom of Italy
- Emirate of Nejd
- Yugoslavia
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- First Hellenic Republic
- Czechoslovakia
- Weimar Republic
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Hungarian Republic
- Republic of Austria
- Portuguese Republic
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Second Polish Republic
- Swiss Confederation
- Albania
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Qajar Dynasty
- Republic of the Rif
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Luxembourg
- United States of America
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1898
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Italian Africa · Kingdom of Egypt · Kingdom of Romania · Yugoslavia · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · Czechoslovakia · Weimar Republic · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Portuguese Republic · Kingdom of Hejaz · Second Polish Republic · Albania · Republic of the Rif · United States of America · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1948
Ottoman Empire · French Third Republic · Italian Africa · Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Romania · Kingdom of Italy · Emirate of Nejd · Yugoslavia · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · First Hellenic Republic · Weimar Republic · Principality of Bulgaria · Hungarian Republic · Republic of Austria · Portuguese Republic · Kingdom of Hejaz · Second Polish Republic · Albania · Qajar Dynasty · Republic of the Rif · Kingdom of Monaco
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1923
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.