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The Mediterranean in 1960

This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1960 with 33 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1960

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • French Fifth Republic
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Republic of Turkey
  • Kingdom of Libya
  • United Arab Republic
  • Francoist Spain
  • Morocco
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Republic of Italy
  • Iraqi Republic
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Socialist Republic of Romania
  • Republic of Tunisia
  • Federal Republic of Germany
  • Kingdom of Greece
  • Czechoslovakia
  • People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • Hungarian People's Republic
  • Second Republic of Austria
  • Kingdom of Jordan
  • Estado Novo
  • United States of America
  • Swiss Confederation
  • People's Socialist Republic of Albania
  • Republic of Poland
  • State of Israel
  • Pahlavi Dynasty
  • Lebanon
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Kingdom of Belgium
  • Luxembourg
  • Principality of Andorra
  • Principality of Monaco

New on the map since 1935

French Fifth Republic · Kingdom of Libya · United Arab Republic · Francoist Spain · Morocco · Kingdom of Saudi Arabia · Republic of Italy · Iraqi Republic · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Socialist Republic of Romania · Republic of Tunisia · Federal Republic of Germany · Kingdom of Greece · People's Republic of Bulgaria · Hungarian People's Republic · Second Republic of Austria · Kingdom of Jordan · United States of America · People's Socialist Republic of Albania · Republic of Poland · State of Israel · Lebanon · Principality of Monaco

Gone from the map by 1985

Kingdom of Libya · United Arab Republic · Francoist Spain · Kingdom of Greece · Czechoslovakia · Estado Novo · United States of America · Pahlavi Dynasty

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The Mediterranean in other years

Other regions in 1960

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.