Middle East & North Africa in 1920
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 1920
Largest first, by area on this map.
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Qajar Dynasty
- Italian Africa
- Republics of the Soviet Union
- Kingdom of Spain
- Ottoman Empire
- Emirate of Nejd
- British Colonial Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Hejaz
- Emirate of Afghanistan
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar
- First Hellenic Republic
- French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon
- Kingdom of Italy
- North Yemen
- Ethiopian Empire
- British Raj
- Sultanate of Muscat and Oman
- Portuguese Republic
- Asir
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Georgia
- Yugoslavia
- French Third Republic
- Albania
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
New on the map since 1895
Republics of the Soviet Union · British Colonial Empire · Kingdom of Hejaz · French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon · North Yemen · Sultanate of Muscat and Oman · Portuguese Republic · Asir · Georgia · Yugoslavia · Albania · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1945
Qajar Dynasty · Italian Africa · Republics of the Soviet Union · Kingdom of Spain · Ottoman Empire · Emirate of Nejd · Kingdom of Hejaz · Emirate of Afghanistan · Emirate of Jabal Shammar · First Hellenic Republic · Ethiopian Empire · Portuguese Republic · Asir · Principality of Bulgaria · Georgia · French Third Republic
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Middle East & North Africa in other years
Other regions in 1920
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.