Atlas of Kuwait

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Atlas-country Kuwait

الكويت العربية الكويت - دولة الكويت الكويت هي دولة عربية مستقلة تقع في شرق شبه الجزيرة العربية في جنوب غرب القارة الآسيوية على الخليج العربي، يحدها من الشمال العراق ، ومن الجنوب السعودية. سميت بالكويت نسبة إلى الكوت والكويت هو تصغير للفظ الكوت باللغة العامية والكوت عبارة عن بناء يخزن فيه الأسلحة. اناتفاقية حماية و انتهت بالاستقل English Kuwait - State of Kuwait The State of Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by ► Saudi Arabia to the south and ► Iraq to the north. The name is a diminutive of an Arabic word meaning "fortress built near water." Short name  Kuwait Official name State of Kuwait Status Independent country since 1961 Location Middle East Capital الكويت (Kuwait) Population 4,621,638 inhabitants Area 17,818 square kilometres (6,880 sq mi) Major languages Arabic (official) Major religions Islam More information Kuwait, Geography of Kuwait, History of Kuwait and Politics of Kuwait More images Kuwait - Kuwait (Category).

General maps

Map of Kuwait

Map of Kuwait

Governorates of Kuwait

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kuwait, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kuwait.

The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BC

Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

The Median Empire and Chaldean Empire (728-550 BCE)

Median Empire

The Achaemid Empire (Persia (648–330 BCE) at its greatest extent

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire

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The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Hellenistic successor states:   Kingdom of Ptolemy   Kingdom of Cassander   Kingdom of Lysimachus   Kingdom of Seleucus   Epirus Other states:   Carthage   Rome   Greek colonies

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

The Parthian Empire (250 BCE-226 CE)

Map of Parthia 100 BC

The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;   133 BC   44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)   AD 14 (death of Augustus)   117 (maximum extension)

The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.

Sassanide Empire

Sassanide Empire

Sassanide Empire

Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of the Caliphs

Caliphate around 750

Iran around 1000

The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194

The Timurid Empire 1405

The Timurid Empire 1405

The Persian Safavid Empire (1501-1722/1736)

The Safavid Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

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Map of the Ottoman Empire 1566

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Gulf War 1991

Operation Desert Storm 1991

Gulf War coalition

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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