My parents like antiques.  One of their antique phases involved globes, and as a consequence of their little hobby, I learned that you can date (and authenticate!) globes based on how they label certain parts of the world.  One of those date-indicating regions is the Middle East, so I always check that out first, when I’m practicing my antique-evaluating powers.

Here, I’ll show you.  Let’s use this lovely little globe as an example.

My expert analysis:

1.  FAKE.

2. Fakers had no spellcheck on their computers?  As far as I’m aware, neither “Isreal” nor “Jordon” is a real word.  Does nobody notice the squiggly red lines??