ONE LAND · 11 ATLASES
History of Malta in maps
Malta as it appears in 11 interactive history atlases, from 264 BC to 2015: Melita, Malta. 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 Malta before it was Malta? 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.
Melita (mod. Malta) · Ancient Rome
| 264 BC | Rival great powers — the opening position |
| 216 BC | Roman territory |
ANCIENT ROME: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Crusades
| Latin Christendom — the opening position |
CRUSADES: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Industrial Revolution
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Age of Revolutions
AGE OF REVOLUTIONS: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
MEIJI JAPAN AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · WWI
Malta · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · WW2
Malta · Cold War
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| No reform yet / outside this story |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Malta · Refugee crises
| Western bloc or democracy — the opening position |
REFUGEE CRISES: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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