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History of the United Arab Emirates in maps
The United Arab Emirates as it appears in 5 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 1991: United Arab Emirates. 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 the United Arab Emirates before it was United Arab Emirates? 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.
United Arab Emirates · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
United Arab Emirates · Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia
MEIJI JAPAN AND POST-SOVIET RUSSIA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
United Arab Emirates · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
United Arab Emirates · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
United Arab Emirates · Cold War
| US-aligned states — the opening position |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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