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The Mediterranean in 1990

This map shows the 37 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.

Map of the Mediterranean in 1990 with 37 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 1990

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • French Fifth Republic
  • People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
  • Republic of Turkey
  • Libyan Arab Republic
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Arab Republic of Egypt
  • Morocco
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • Republic of Italy
  • Iraqi Republic
  • Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
  • Romania
  • Syria
  • Republic of Tunisia
  • Federal Republic of Germany
  • Third Hellenic Republic
  • People's Republic of Bulgaria
  • Hungary
  • Second Republic of Austria
  • Portugal
  • Kingdom of Jordan
  • Swiss Confederation
  • People's Socialist Republic of Albania
  • State of Israel
  • Republic of Poland
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Lebanon
  • Republic of Cyprus
  • Kingdom of Belgium
  • Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
  • Luxembourg
  • Mauritania
  • Principality of Andorra
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Malta
  • Principality of Monaco

New on the map since 1965

Libyan Arab Republic · Kingdom of Spain · Arab Republic of Egypt · Romania · Syria · Third Hellenic Republic · Hungary · Portugal · Islamic Republic of Iran · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus · Malta

Gone from the map by 2015

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics · Libyan Arab Republic · Iraqi Republic · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Federal Republic of Germany · People's Republic of Bulgaria · People's Socialist Republic of Albania

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Other regions in 1990

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.