Western Civilization II / Unit 14 WC2 1316 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mesopotamia and the Arab Revolt
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The idea
In nineteen sixteen Britain turned to Mesopotamia, and the sharif of Mecca's Arab Revolt, aided by T. E. Lawrence, cut Ottoman railways. Britain promised an independent Arab state and secretly, in the Sykes-Picot agreement, divided the region with France. By nineteen seventeen Ottoman collapse looked certain.
In practice
The Balfour Declaration, a third promise, nineteen seventeen.
Where people slip
Witness-named; the anchor has "an Arab insurgency".
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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