Violent upheaval in the Middle East has recently spawned all manner of maps purporting to explain how the region got this way. Here, instead, are 15 maps that don’t claim as much.

Middle East borders, in place for nearly a century, ... Middle East map carved up by caliphates, enclaves and fiefdoms. Published. 1 June 2015. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link.

More on: Middle East and North Africa This publication is now archived.What is the "road map?"A U.S.-backed peace proposal first floated in 2002, the road map sets a series of bench… ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse of Syria has led to calls for the region to be divided according to ...

The New Map of the Middle East . ... By Jeffrey Goldberg. The Atlantic's late-2007 rendering of what the Middle East might eventually look like (The Atlantic) June 19, 2014. Share. Save.

Despite the pandemonium in the Middle East, Sykes-Picot seems to be alive and well. That shouldn’t be surprising. Land borders settled via negotiation, especially when sealed by treaty, tend to be ...

At the U.N. General Assembly in September, the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, brandished a map titled “The New Middle East” and asserted that Israel’s ties with Arab states were ...

Middle East borders, in place for nearly a century, are in flux as sectarian battles rage and governments lose control of territory, says Owen Bennett-Jones ...