Cartographer's History of the Mid East

A quick (and simplified) history...

We start in 330 BC with the First Persian Empire

Who were about to meet a man named Philip

Map: Marsyas

And his son Alexander

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This was followed by the Parthian Empire

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Which would eventually meet the Romans

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This would split into the Western Roman Empire (395 AD)

Map: Geuiwogbil. & Mackay 86

And the Eastern Roman Empire

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Then in the 630's they'd meet a guy named Muhammad

Followed by the Rashidun Caliphate (632-661)

Map: Mohammad adil

The Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 AD)

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The Abbasid Caliphate (750 -1517 AD)

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Meanwhile in the Eastern Mediterranean 

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The Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire was about to be replaced by the Ottoman Empire

Which would eventually fall to the remnants of the Western Roman Empire at in WWI and be divvied up among the victors.

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And following WWII

And then came ISIS...

Map: NordNordWest, Spesh531