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Interesting, but missing the Islamic empire that conquered all that Byzantine territory in the 600s. It stretched from Pakistan to Spain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests

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Then you’d have like double the colors on the map.

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That’s a problem for the map maker.

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4 points

And for me trying to understand the damn thing

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Maybe we can also add the Macedonian Empire while we are at it

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The Sasanian Empire would be more contemporary.

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8 points

The Ottoman Empire never ruled in east Arabia (apart from Muscat) or in the central areas, did they?

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There was the Lahsa eyalet along the Persian gulf for ~100 years, and for the interior I guess the few years immediately after the Wahabbi war would count?

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and for the interior I guess

It’s just sand. Doesn’t really matter. 🙃

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More people live in that sand than live in Switzerland

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4 points

ottoman borders feel exaggerated

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