HIST 1003 Lecture : Hist 1003 Notes
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Communist revolution: the alternative was by woodrow wilson, the promise of new world premise on 3 things. National self determination: by 1922 the communist revolution was defeated in many european states so it seemed like wilson"s revolution would be the winner, wilson"s revolution shaped the Redrawing eastern europe: by 1939, not a single state (except czechoslovakia) remained a democracy, why, the failure of being able to make a homogenous nation state, socio-economic. Drawing the middle east: disintegration of the ottoman empire/spread of european imperial control across north africa, two factors on why they needed to name the middle east , 1. Oil: becomes a huge factor by the beginning of the. New map wasn"t welcome or wanted by the people of the region: map was seen as significant betrayal of promises by the leaders of the region. British received help from sharif husain (hussain) ibn ali: emir of mecca, head of hashemite dynasty, king of the hejaz.
