Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
Maps are ubiquitous—on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and ...
Arriving in US, Netanyahu pledges to “redraw” map of Middle East
Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic ...
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A short history of Syria, in maps
Our seven maps below illustrate how Syria ... which connected the Far East with the Middle East and Europe, making it one of the richest cities in the empire. After the first world war brought ...
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Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
To this day, Israel or the Palestinian territories may fall off some maps, depending on the politics of their makers. This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway ...