HINE 119 Chapter 8: Cleveland Chapter 8
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Brief notes on cleveland"s history of the modern middle east. Chapter 8: the era of the young turks and the iranian constitutionalists. Middle eastern nations wanted to resist european influence. Triple alliance 1882 (austria-hungary, italy, germany until wwi) ^ in response, france and russia alliance in 1894: entente cordiale 1904 created between britain and france with rise of industrial and naval competition from germany. Resolved overseas disputes between them, france recognized. British occupation of egypt and british acknowledge french position in morocco. Britain and russia resolve issues, entente cordiale becomes triple. Became triple entente when russia joined in 1907. Young turk revolution 1908: gained power 1909, determined to save ottoman empire, ottomanism failed, people preferred nationalism (138) Discussions of a turkish cultural heritage as distinct from the ottoman one sowed the seeds for a full-blown turkish nationalist movement in the postwar era (140)
