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? The sections below follow this land through every era covered by the Maps of History atlases: who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed. Each line links to the dated map. Modern borders serve as an approximation, as each atlas says 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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