Making of the Modern Middle East

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Making of the Modern Middle East
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I. Introduction Decline of Ottoman Empire

• "Sick Man of Europe"
• Young Turks and Reform
• Ottoman Empire in World War I
• Arab Nationalism

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II. The New Turkey

• Mustafa Kemal and Turkish Nationalism
• Turkey Emerges from Ashes
• Massacres Armenians, Greeks and Turks
• Modernizing Reforms
• People Without a Country the Kurds

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III. Imperialism and the Mandate System

• Secret Treaties as Betrayal of Arab Nationalism
• British and French Mandates
• Syria and Lebanon
• Iraq
• Palestine and the Balfour Declaration

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IV. Modern Iraq

• Iraq After Independence
• Cold War and Oil
• Ba'ath Party Pan-Arabism
• Iran-Iraq War (1980s) and First Gulf War (1991)

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Conclusion

• Nationalism, Religion, and the Modern Middle East