ONE LAND · 10 ATLASES
History of Kuwait in maps
Kuwait as it appears in 10 interactive history atlases, from 264 BC to 1991: Characene, the Basran coast, Kuwait. 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 Kuwait before it was Kuwait? 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.
Characene (mod. Kuwait) · Ancient Rome
| 264 BC | Hellenistic kingdoms — the opening position |
| 146 BC | Rival great powers |
ANCIENT ROME: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
The Basran coast (mod. Kuwait) · Mongol Empire
| The Islamic powers — the opening position |
MONGOL EMPIRE: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · Age of Revolutions
| Neutral / uncommitted — the opening position |
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
| Non-aligned or stateless — the opening position |
MEIJI JAPAN AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position | |
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories |
Kuwait · Stalin’s Soviet Union
STALIN’S SOVIET UNION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Kuwait · WW2
| Western Allies — the opening position |
Kuwait · Cold War
| US-aligned states — the opening position |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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