Gallery
The Achaemenid Empire or Persian Empire 490 BC
Map of the Macedonian empire successor kingdoms, just before the first Syrian war circa 275 BC. The...
The Arsacid or Parthian Empire and its vassals and neighbors, circa 1 AD.
The Persian Sassanid Empire 226-651 AD
The Umayyad Caliphate 661–750
Abbasid Caliphate 750–1258
The Fatimid Caliphate 909–1171
The Great Islamic Conquests 632-750. When Muhammad died in 632, the new religion was concentrated around...
The various de facto independent emirates after the Abbasids lost their military dominance (c. 950).
The decline of the Ottoman Empire 1798-1923
The Ottoman advance in Europe and Asia Minor 1451-1566
Map of the Conquests of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Kingdoms. Map includes battle sites and Alexander's route 334-323 BC.
