HIS 1111 : Week 9 – The Postwar Middle East.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1111
• Professor: Don't Know

Document Summary

Week 9 the postwar middle east: defined by the west by certain media perspectives religious fundamentalism and against democracy stereotypes. In the west we see the middle east as one of the world"s most volatile regions: it"s a result of externals factors, not part of the actual culture. Its order from treaty of paris in 1919 after ww ii they had full independence, but they were still impacted by the west: the middle east that we see on maps today was constructed not by the. Arabs who resided there, but the european powers at the treaty of paris during 1919. The victors of the first world war, specifically britain and. Pan-arabism, the idea that a fraternity connected all arab peoples, reflected an 1960s ideal of reuniting the arab people artificially divided by the western colonial powers. Us tried to help with money and engineers but they refused to give him arms.