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Geography of the Middle East
Environment & Climate
Lesson Plan: Climate Change in the Middle East
Historical Maps
Pre-Islam
Emergence of Islam; Umayyad and Abbasid Empires
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Islamic Expansion in the Time of Muhammad and the First Four Caliphs
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Expansion in the East to 750 CE (with arrows, years, major battles)
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Abbasid Empire/Caliphate - Administrative Divisions (786-809 CE)
Abbasid Empire Disintegrates
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Ikhshidid Wilayah (935-969 CE) and Hamdanid Emirate (929-1003 CE)
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Fatimid Empire/Counter-Caliphate (969-1171 CE) and Buyid/Buwayhid Emirate (934-1055 CE)
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Islamic Imprint on West Asia and North Africa (ca. 800-1200 CE)
Middle Periods of Islamicate Civilization
Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires
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Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal Empires in the 16th and 17th Centuries
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Sultanates of Malaysia and Indonesia (16th and 17th Centuries)
Middle East and Islamicate World in Modern Times
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Evolution of the Balkans and Anatolia 1878-1923 (three maps)
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Last Years of Ottoman Rule of the Levantine Coast (1882-1916)
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Europeanization of the World at the Beginning of the 20th Century
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Changing Demography in Palestine/Land of Israel 1922-1947 (two maps)
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Jewish Settlements in British Mandate for Palestine/Land of Israel (1947)
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Palestine Plan of Partition with Economic Union, Annex A to UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (II)