The history of conflict between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire is long, bloody, and complicated.

Outnumbered and facing starvation, the Germans are getting desperate, and willing to risk bringing the US into the war.

Frustrated with the government's poor war effort, the British public chooses a new leader. And he wants to make the defeat of the Ottomans a priority.

Sharif Hussein is ready to launch his Arab Revolt against the Ottomans.

Underestimating Ottoman capabilities, the British attempted to invade Mesopotamia with devastating consequences.

Ottoman-Armenian relations started to get really bad towards the end of the 19th century. But once the Great War started, they got even worse.

With Sharif Hussein's promising to rebel against the Ottomans, the British and French have plans of their own. Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot meet in London to discuss their vision of the future of the Middle East.

Sir Henry McMahon, British High Commission to Egypt, begins a deliberately vague series of letters with Sharif Hussein of Mecca.

The British have a problem as they can't keep their promises to Sharif Hussein and the French at the same time.

A mysterious individual named Al-Faruqi is feeding misleading information to Sharif Hussein and the British.