// Modern era
Italian Africa
- Period
- AD 1890 – AD 1943
- Duration
- approx. 53 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1940
- Area (max.)
- approx. 3.5 million km²
Period and duration
Italian Africa — according to the map data from AD 1890 to AD 1943, roughly 53 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Italian Africa — greatest extent around AD 1940: the mapped borders then cover about 3.5 million km², roughly 2.4% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1889)
After
Neighbours around AD 1940
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
- British Empire
- Vichy France
- United States of America
- French Africa
- British Africa
- Belgian Congo
- Estado Novo
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1940 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Italian Africa on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.