Middle East & North Africa in 1900
This map shows the 29 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 1900
Largest first, by area on this map.
- British Africa
- Ottoman Empire
- French Africa
- Qajar Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Wadai Empire
- Kingdom of Italy
- Ethiopian Empire
- British Raj
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Italian Africa
- First Hellenic Republic
- Principality of Bulgaria
- French Third Republic
- Cretan State
- Montenegro
- Serbs
- Austria-Hungary
- Qatar Dynasty
- Principality of Andorra
- Emirate of Nejd
New on the map since 1875
British Africa · Kingdom of Spain · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Italian Africa · Principality of Bulgaria · Cretan State · Serbs
Gone from the map by 1925
Ottoman Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Russian Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Morocco · Sokoto Caliphate · Wadai Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Cretan State · Montenegro · Serbs · Austria-Hungary · Qatar Dynasty
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1900
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.