1923 Original Antique Map
New States in Southeast Europe
As a result of World War I and the dissolution of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires,
a number of new countries in were created in southeastern Europe:
Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Yugoslavia
This map was one of the first atlas maps showing these new sovereign states.
Greece is also shown on the map.
In 1923 the Greek-Turkish population were exchanged forcibly relocating one and a half million people: Muslims in Greece were resettled in Turkey, and Greek Orthodox Christians in Turkey were moved to Greece. This landmark event set a legal precedent for population management on the basis of religious or ethnic difference.
and on reverse
Asia
The Ottoman Empire officially ended in 1922 when the title of Ottoman Sultan was eliminated. Turkey was declared a republic on October 29, 1923, when Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), an army officer, founded the independent Republic of Turkey.
The Ottoman Empire's possessions in the Arabian Peninsula became the Kingdom of Hejaz, which the Sultanate of Nejd (today Saudi Arabia) was allowed to annex, and the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. The Empire's possessions on the western shores of the Persian Gulf were variously annexed by Saudi Arabia (al-Ahsa and Qatif), or remained British protectorates (Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar) and became the Arab States of the Persian Gulf.
6" x 8"
taken from
Hammond's
Handy Atlas of the World
_1923__
New Census
(atlas cover & title page are not a part of the sale but for documentation)