Middle East 101, Week II

The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Genesis of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Nov 01, 2023

∙ Paid

World War I - Photo of Allenby Entering Jerusalem (1917) — Allenby enters Jerusalem, 1917

Sykes-Picot Agreement - Original Map - English (1916) — Sykes-Picot: Original Agreement

For those of you taking my Middle East 101 class, here’s an introduction to the readings we’ll be doing in Week 2. For those of you who aren’t taking my class, here’s what you need to know to make sense of the news this week (and especially that bonkers speech Erdoğan made over the weekend).

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