The Schizo Middle East

General — nibaq on September 29, 2006 at 17:00:44

The Middle East is a messy place for cartographers, its been invaded, traded and mutilated over the years which makes any country schizophrenic in explaining its heritage. Don’t believe me? check out this Maps of War animation that details 5000 year history of the Middle East in 90 seconds.

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  1. Amazing map. We are geography geeks; I hadn’t seen that before. Your website is so CLEAN and sharp.

    Comment by Intlxpatr — 9/29/2006 @ 17:40:13

  2. i like how he add kuwait to the iranian empire at the end

    Comment by forzaq8 — 9/29/2006 @ 19:04:49

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