History of the Modern Middle East

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This is the story of the Modern Middle East, from the Young Turks to ISIS.

Grant Hurst


    • Sep 5, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 15 EPISODES


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    Episode 10: The Balkan Wars

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2020


    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 Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-14, Feroz AhmadThe Emergence of Modern Turkey; Third Edition, Bernard LewisThe Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923, Sean McMeekinThe Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East, Eugene RoganThe Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Alan PalmerThe Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999, Misha GlennyA History of the Balkans, Ferdinand SchevillThe Serbs: The Guardians of the Gate, R.G.D. Laffan

    Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019


    The History of the Balkans from 1876 to 1912

    Episode 8: The Age of Liberation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2019


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

    Episode 7: The Tripolitanian War

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2018


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

    Episode 6: Ottomans and Sanussis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018


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

    Episode 5: Qaramanlis and Corsairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2018


    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. BibliographyCaptives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850, Linda ColleyLibya, John WrightNorth Africa 1800-1900: A Survey from the Nile Valley to the Atlantic, Magali MorsyA History of Modern Libya, Dirk VandewallePower, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776-Present, Michael B. OrenThomas Jefferson’s Quran: Islam and the Founders, Denise A. SpellbergThomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

    Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2018


    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.

    Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018


    The Arabian origins of Islam, and its rise.

    Episode 3: Coups and Counter Coups

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018


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

    Episode 2: The Eve of Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018


    The Young Turks organize for their plot against the Sultan. 

    Episode 1: The Sick Man and His Medicine

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2018


    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.

    Rebooting the Narrative

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017


    The podcast narrative is getting rebooted

    Appendix A2: Pax Ottomanica

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2017


    The Ottoman Empire from Mehmet II through Suliman the Magnificent

    Appendix A1: The Rise of the Turks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 31:50


    The origins of the Turks, through the capture of Constantinople

    Episode 0: Sylabus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 10:03


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

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