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Animated Map of the Middle East

Published by marco on

The movie below is called Imperial History (1.1MB) and documents the occupation of the Middle East, Asia and northern Africa over the last 5000 years.

The following empires ruled over smaller and larger swatches of land throughout recorded history. The dates given are approximate and estimated from the movie. The names and ordering are correct. And, yes, there is overlap: that’s kind of the way it with empires.

  • Kingdom of Egypt (3000 BC − 1380 BC)
  • Hittite Empire (1400 BC -1050 BC)
  • Kingdom of Israel (1100 BC − 721 BC)
  • Assyrian Empire (800 BC − 600 BC)
  • Babylonian Empire (650 BC − 550 BC)
  • Persian Empire (580 BC − 336 BC)
  • Macedonian & Greek Empire (350 BC − 117 AD)
  • Roman Empire (75 − 565)
  • Byzantine Empire (525 − 610)
  • Sassanid Empire (600 − 750)
  • The Caliphate (740 − 1100)
  • Seljuk Empire (1090 − 1140)
  • The Crusader Kingdoms (1140 − 1187)
  • Saladin’s Empire (1180 − 1279)
  • Mongol Empire (1300 − 1700)
  • Ottoman Empire (1700 − 1912)
  • European Colonialism (1850 − 1920)
  • Nation-States & Borders Established (1920 − 1955)