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Podcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Pub date: 2025-02-24
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Episode: The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Pub date: 2025-02-24
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Until the end of WWI, the Middle East as we know it didn't exist. No Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, or Iraq. Instead, there was the Ottoman Empire, whose dissolution using an arbitrary line on a map set the region on a course of upheaval that's still with us. Listen as historian James Barr speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, and how, in the century that followed, the machinations of the French, the British, and the local residents created the modern Middle East and affected the lives of millions.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Russ Roberts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
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By Paul Barnes / Listen NotesPodcast: EconTalk (LS 69 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Pub date: 2025-02-24
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Episode: The Struggle That Shaped the Middle East (with James Barr)
Pub date: 2025-02-24
Get Podcast Transcript →
powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
Until the end of WWI, the Middle East as we know it didn't exist. No Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, or Iraq. Instead, there was the Ottoman Empire, whose dissolution using an arbitrary line on a map set the region on a course of upheaval that's still with us. Listen as historian James Barr speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, and how, in the century that followed, the machinations of the French, the British, and the local residents created the modern Middle East and affected the lives of millions.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Russ Roberts, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.