ONE LAND · 6 ATLASES
History of East Timor in maps
East Timor as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1917 to 1991: East Timor, Portuguese Timor. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was East Timor before it was East Timor? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History atlases — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
East Timor · Industrial Revolution
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
East Timor · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position | |
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories |
Portuguese Timor · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
East Timor · WW2
| Western Allies — the opening position | |
| Axis-occupied | |
| Western Allies |
East Timor · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| US-aligned states |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
East Timor · Refugee crises
REFUGEE CRISES: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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