Wer kontrollierte 1914 einen größeren Teil des Nahen Ostens?
Von vladgrinch
Wer kontrollierte 1914 einen größeren Teil des Nahen Ostens?
Von vladgrinch
16 Kommentare
Uk hands down:
Britain controlled much of the Middle East in 1914 mainly because it wanted to protect the route to India, its most important colony. The UK took over Egypt in 1882 to secure the Suez Canal, built protectorates around the Persian Gulf, and expanded influence as the Ottoman Empire weakened. Rivalries with France, Russia, and Germany pushed Britain to lock down strategic areas, especially once oil became important for the Royal Navy. By relying on protectorates and treaties, Britain could dominate the region without fully annexing it.
so Ryad had no sea access?
How the hell did Persia stay independent?
Is when the modern problems started?
This deserves to be on r/terriblemaps like brother EWW
The ottman empire biggest extent lines are so wrong and soo straight, and the colors like who the hell makes spain blue and france orange? Who makes russia red and uk purple?
Britain in purple, France in yellow, Spain in blue? Blasphemy!
Orange France & blue Spain? Crime
Red Tsarist Russia & green UK? Crime
Those old Libya borders are so awful. How are you somehow making straight line borders even worse than normal?
Spain blue, France yellow?
No.
Whoever made this map picked the weirdest colors for each country.
Also, besides screwing up the borders for the Ottoman empire at it’s height, I think it should be removed. It makes the map harder to look at and the map would be just fine without it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Egypt
>(Egypt) remained formally an Ottoman province until 1914, though in practice it became increasingly autonomous during the 19th century and was under de facto British control from 1882.
People are complaining that Spain is blue on the map, but nobody mentions that the flag is made up.
By land or population?
Colonial behavior
this is not a map of the middle east 😭
Muscat and Oman and the trucial states were theoretically princely states of British India.