Middle East & North Africa in 1919
1919 is the year of the Treaty of Versailles. 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 1919
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Qajar Dynasty
- Italian Africa
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Khanate of Khiva
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Russian Republic
- British Colonial Empire
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- Kingdom of Italy
- North Yemen
- Ethiopian Empire
- First Hellenic Republic
- British Raj
- Portuguese Republic
- Imamate of Oman
- Asir
- Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Yugoslavia
- Armenia
- French Third Republic
- Emirate of Bukhara
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Albania
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1894
Kingdom of Hejaz · Khanate of Khiva · Russian Republic · British Colonial Empire · North Yemen · Portuguese Republic · Imamate of Oman · Asir · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Georgia · Yugoslavia · Armenia · Emirate of Bukhara · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Albania · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1944
Qajar Dynasty · Italian Africa · Ottoman Empire · Kingdom of Spain · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Hejaz · Khanate of Khiva · Russian Republic · Emirate of Afghanistan · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · Kingdom of Italy · Ethiopian Empire · First Hellenic Republic · Portuguese Republic · Imamate of Oman · Asir · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic · Georgia · Yugoslavia · Armenia · French Third Republic · Emirate of Bukhara
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1919
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.