History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Iraq, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Iraq.
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Akkadian Empire |
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Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire |
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Median Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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The Persian Achaemenid Empire |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE |
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Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian) |
Hellenistic successor states:
Other states:
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Hellenistic world in 200 BCE |
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Map of Parthia 100 BC |
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present |
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Roman conquest of Minor Asia |
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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Indo-Sassanide Empire |
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The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control. |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Sassanide Empire |
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Expansion of the Muslims |
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Caliphate around 750 |
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The region around 1000 |
Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
By 1294 the empire had split into:
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The Safavid Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire |
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683 |
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No Fly Zones |
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Approximate area and major clashes in which DU rounds were used |
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Iraqi War 2003 |
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