Syria
polity · 1920 AD–present
Syria, a polity recorded 1920 AD–present: 3 mapped boundaries, cited to 4 sources, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
Names
| Name | In use | Language |
|---|---|---|
| Syria (France) | 1920 AD–1944 AD | — |
| Syria | 1945 AD–present | — |
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 AD–1937 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1920 AD | Subject to France. |
| 1938 AD–1944 AD | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1938 AD | Subject to France. |
| 1945 AD–present | administrative control | high confidence | observed at 1945 AD | Religion: sunni. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Historical Basemaps (Andrei Ourednik)
- The Global Religious Landscape, (2012)
- Ninian Smart (ed.), Atlas of the World's Religions, (1999)