Middle East & North Africa in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 28 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 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Ottoman Empire
- Qajar Dynasty
- Russian Empire
- Italian Africa
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Kingdom of Italy
- Ethiopian Empire
- First Hellenic Republic
- British Raj
- Portuguese Republic
- Imamate of Oman
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Serbs
- Albania
- French Third Republic
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Montenegro
- Qatar
- German Africa
- Austria-Hungary
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1889
Italian Africa · Portuguese Republic · Imamate of Oman · Albania · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Qatar · German Africa · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1939
Ottoman Empire · Qajar Dynasty · Russian Empire · Kingdom of Spain · Emirate of Nejd · Emirate of Afghanistan · Ethiopian Empire · Portuguese Republic · Imamate of Oman · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Serbs · Albania · Montenegro · Qatar · German Africa · Austria-Hungary
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1914
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.