History of the Modern Middle East - Casual Historian

History of the Modern Middle East - Casual Historian episodes:

• 09.05.2020

  Episode 10: The Balkan Wars

  The Ottomans are blindsided by the Christian states of the Balkans while still fighting a war against Italy, and the Great Powers don’t seem to care to much about maintaining the old balance of power.BibliographyThe Young Turks: The Committee of...

  
• 05.30.2019

  Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans

  The History of the Balkans from 1876 to 1912

  
• 05.01.2019

  Episode 8: The Age of Liberation

  The history of the Ottoman Balkans, from the 18th century up to the 1870s.

  
• 11.08.2018

  Episode 7: The Tripolitanian War

  Italy declares war on the Ottomans while the CUP struggles to survive.

  
• 10.25.2018

  Episode 6: Ottomans and Sanussis

  We look at the history of Libya between the end of the Qaramanli Dynasty in 1835 and the Tripolitanian War in 1911.

  
• 09.07.2018

  Episode 5: Qaramanlis and Corsairs

  In this episode we backtrack the narrative two centuries to when the Qaramanli Dynasty came to power in Tripoli, and how they engaged in a campaign of piracy that eventually lead to their demise.  ...

  
• 08.16.2018

  Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle

  The Committee of Union and Progress try to re-establish their authority over the Ottoman Empire, but they are having difficulty holding their own ranks together, all the while trying to tame the army.

  
• 05.30.2018

  Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam

  The Arabian origins of Islam, and its rise.

  
• 05.30.2018

  Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam

  The Arabian origins of Islam, and its rise.

  
• 02.28.2018

  Episode 3: Coups and Counter Coups

  In this episode we look at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, and the attempted counter revolution of 1909

  
• 01.30.2018

  Episode 2: The Eve of Revolution

  The Young Turks organize for their plot against the Sultan.

  
• 01.08.2018

  Episode 1: The Sick Man and His Medicine

  In this episode we look at the history of the ottoman Empire's decline, from the reign of Selim III up to the 20th century, and the attempts at political and economic reform.

  
• 09.24.2017

  Rebooting the Narrative

  The podcast narrative is getting rebooted

  
• 05.31.2017

  Appendix A2: Pax Ottomanica

  The Ottoman Empire from Mehmet II through Suliman the Magnificent

  
• 02.23.2017

  Appendix A1: The Rise of the Turks

  The origins of the Turks, through the capture of Constantinople

  
• 01.16.2017

  Episode 0: Sylabus

  I introduce myself and explain what I am trying to do with this podcast.