10960 Middle East Map

The middle east since the beginning of the 20th century constructed from the ruins of the ottoman empire after the first world war the current map of contemporary arab states in the middle.

10960 middle east map. French mandate of syria and lebanon and the british mandate of palestine. 1932 kingdom of. This was also exemplified by the short. Pan arabism initiated by the arab league foundation in 1945 expressed the political and economic collaboration between arab north africa and the middle east.

The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term near east as opposed to the far east beginning in the early 20th century. Britain and france occupy much of the middle east after the collapse of the ottoman empire. The first of these oil has brought economic progress and dazzling modernity to several countries especially in. Colonial rule 1914 1923 maps101.

The majority of the middle east region is characterized by a warm desert climate. The middle eastern map changed dramatically in the early 20th century with many countries gaining independence from the ottomans and later from british or french control. The middle east is a transcontinental region which generally includes western asia except for transcaucasia all of egypt mostly in north africa and turkey partly in europe. Relief shown by spot heights.

What is happening in middle east in 2005ce. 1918 world war i ends. For a preview please consult the map below. Weather in this climate is very high during the summer and can reach dangerous levels with parts of iraq and iran having recorded feel like temperatures of over 160 degrees fahrenheit 71 degrees celsius.

Available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. Learn how to create your own. Today i started making a middle east map currently only egypt is available everything is a bit sloppy for now as you can see in the pictures but this will of course better in the upcoming updates. 1901 oil discovered in iran.

The broader concept of the greater middle east or middle east and north africa also adds the maghreb sudan djibouti. Middle east before and after world war i settlements 1914 1922. Geography of the middle east. The second image is the world you will get.

Such are their geopolitical importance to the rest of the world that the region has attracted constant global attention and frequent intervention. Print this map larger printable easier to read middle east map. Made whit worldpainter mc version 1 14 it is a total of a 13 thousand by 13 thousand block map. Syria divided into two mandates.

1914 world war i begins ottomans align with germany. 1921 faisal becomes king of iraq. This map was created by a user. See also europe and nations 1945 2005 europe s colonial expansion 1820 1939 the second world war 1939 1945 rome and its empire.

For the middle east the last few decades have been troubled ones dominated by two issues oil and arab israeli hostility. Mediterranean lands at the time of the crusades droysens allgemeiner historischer handatlas 1886 ottoman empire joaquin de salas vara del rey middle east 1906 1920 joaquin de salas vara del rey ottoman levant syria aleppo beirut etc before 1914. Middle east map of köppen climate classification. Shows country boundaries for southeast europe and middle east in bold dark purple.

Middle east 1960. By 1960 61 the region was comprised of independent states many of them made wealthy by their oil production and reserves.