When Mongolians ruled the Middle East

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The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan in the first decade of the 1200s. Under the reign of his grandson Kublai Khan, the Empire was the greatest contiguous land empire in history, stretching from the Pacific Ocean to Eastern Europe. In China the period of rule of the Mongol Empire is known as the Yuan Dynasty.

All of which is just an excuse to introduce an animated timeline and map of the Middle East that shows the different powers that have controlled the area since 1400 BC. The image above is a screenshot of the map; you can watch the animation here: Middle Eastern History map.

The different powers illustrated on the map are listed below. If you switch out Mongol Empire for China and Persian Empire for Iran etc., the list seems eerily contemporary: Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, China, Turkey, Europe.

The list of powers is presented with dates as given in the animation linked above

BC

1405 Kingdom of Egypt

1340 Hittite Empire

1050 Kingdom of Israel

721 Assyrian Empire

600 Babylonian Empire

550 Persian Empire

336 Macedonian and Greek Empire

AD

117 Roman Empire


564 Byzantine Empire

610 Sassanid Empire

750 The Caliphate

1100 The Seljuk Empire

1140 The Crusader Kingdoms

1187 Saladin’s Empire

1279 Mongol Empire

1700 Ottoman Empire

1912 European Colonialism

1920 Nation states and borders are established

1948 State of Israel is founded

1979 Era of independence

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