Middle East & North Africa in 1880
This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for Middle East & North Africa in that year.
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States and peoples in Middle East & North Africa in 1880
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Khedivate of Egypt
- Qajar Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Emirate of Nejd
- British Colonial Empire
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Wadai Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Sultanate of Oman
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Bornu Empire
- British Raj
- Ethiopian Empire
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Trucial States
- First Hellenic Republic
- French Third Republic
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Qatar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Serbia
- Austria-Hungary
- Montenegro
- British Cape Colony
- House of Khalifa
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1855
Khedivate of Egypt · British Colonial Empire · Kingdom of Italy · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · British Raj · Trucial States · French Third Republic · Principality of Bulgaria · Kingdom of Serbia · Austria-Hungary
Gone from the map by 1905
Khedivate of Egypt · British Colonial Empire · Sokoto Caliphate · Sultanate of Oman · Bornu Empire · Beylik of Tunis · Trucial States · Qatar Dynasty · Kingdom of Serbia · British Cape Colony · House of Khalifa
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1880
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.