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The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 was a secret agreement between the governments of the UK and...
The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916. Britain was allocated control of areas roughly comprising today's Jordan, southern...
Middle East 2000 BC
Map of the ancient Near East during the Amarna period, showing the great powers of the...
Levant 800 BC
Seleucid Empire 323-360 BC
The Arab Empire 622-750
Middle East in the World. Traditional definition of the Middle East in dark green. G8 definition...
The Arsacid or Parthian Empire 51 BC
Map detailing Rashidun Caliphate invasion of Levant in 634.
Campaigns in Anatolia and Armenia 637-638