PS 1200 Lecture 14: Lecture Notes 14
6 Sep 2016
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Geographically: the middle east = southwest asia and the top of north africa. The central paradox of middle eastern politics is based off of it being composed of some of the world"s oldest countries and youngest countries. The ottoman empire (1300-1923): the last empire in the middle east region. Persia (modern-day iran) was not a part of the ottoman empire. Persia was composed primarily of shia muslims, and was composed primarily of sunni muslims. As a result, modern-day iraq is composed of sunni and shia muslims because it was the battleground because it was between these two countries. The sykes-picot agreement of 1916 (secret, at the time, agreement between britain and france) Agreed that when the ottoman empire fell (as a result of siding with germany during. Wwii), they would each take zones as their own territory. o. There was also supposed to be an international territory shared between them, which today is israel. o.
