How the Middle East got its borders, & why the lines in the sand have become blood-soaked

ThePrintExplorer
Even though the Middle East’s border mark some of the world’s bloodiest battlefields, most of the long, straight lines running through the sand didn’t exist even a hundred years ago. ThePrint Contributing Editor @praveenswami explains in #ThePrintExplorer how the Middle East’s nations were created not by shared religion or ethnicity, but colonial ambition and oil.
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00:20 - Term Middle East
02:24 - Creation of Israel in 1948 & the violence that followed
03:12 - Creation of Saudi Arabia
3:49 - World War I & Western support for Arab tribes against Ottoman Empire
04:08 - Discovery of oil in the Middle East & the race to control it
06:03 - Imperialism
07:00 - Napoleon in Middle East
09:05 - Construction of Suez Canal
11:57 - The Arab revolt against Ottoman Empire
13:57 - Sykes-Picot Agreement between United Kingdom and France
15:23 - The Balfour Declaration & what it promised
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[@anujr.sharma2679]

Wonderful concept. Praveen s talent as a story teller was evident in his national security videos. This deep dive in history is a welcome step. Looking forward to many more such episodes .

[@lordvondon]

Very informative. Great work Praveen ji

[@what_0007]

Thank you for the new series. Love the idea.

[@kapiltewari1562]

Nice to see Praveen ji in this long format. Hope more episodes will follow.

[@ujjwalbharti3930]

What a episode ! Loved it ! Please continue this initiative.

[@amanmukherjee7916]

Praveen Sir is like a prof who takes one of the best lectures of the week. Last year I read his book on Kashmir a must read. Also at the back of your mind you can hear him speaking when you read his book.

[@himanshu54365]

Thank you for amazing explanation of the issue

[@patnaiksri]

@praveenswami you are as always detailed as possible. Love your work since the Hindu days. This is a good series to start with

[@rajeev4243]

Another brillaint podcast Mr Swami!! Find your reserach and logical presentation of data, amongst the best programmes on Print..thank you

[@balagopalb7148]

Praveen's writings and videos have inspired me to restart my reading habit. Waiting for more informative episodes.

[@jayantjolly]

Very nice video Praveen Ji. Your storytelling and explanation is excellent. Hope this long form videos continues on ThePrint platform!!

[@Zeisszam]

23 minutes of pure masterclass…wow!!

[@NarendraKumar-hq5bv]

Fully essentialised and quite clearly and interestingly presented. It was quite enlightening. Thank you Praveen Swamy! 🎉

[@prithvirajshetty91]

Exceptional! Thank you so much! I have lived and traveled in the region all my life. This was very informative!

[@SkSingh-tu8un]

A good episode. Basically boundaries all over the world were drawn arbitrarily by Britain,the major colonial power. This has kept the world busy for the better part of a century.

[@maheshsankara8552]

Very informative. Really liked this idea. Looking forward to the next one. Please confirm the frequency. Is it going to be weekly or fortnightly?

[@jaishree427]

Too good.Thankyou for the research..Love the simplified ,clear explanation and excellent narration.😊

[@abhijitdeshmukh6902]

Well compiled information and narration!

[@taranisahu911]

We will like you to continue 😃

[@satyabratamishra4952]

Thanks for the knowledge share . Kudos to the enormous hard work that enabled to unravel such a complex issue under 25mins. So engrossing, could not waiver the attention just for a bit.

[@wassuphomies263]

this is a fantastic video. cleared a lot of doubts and confusions.

[@kalebj7001]

Beautifully narrated.. very informative 👍

[@user-sj6eu8sp9v]

Great initiative! Excited for the next episode :)

[@ThePrintIndia]

Hi Pushkar, Glad you liked it. Thank you for tuning in.

[@tabrezhussaini3241]

Great work very insightful 😊

[@amishthaker7270]

Absolutely brilliant episode. Looking forward to the next one…😀🤘🏼

[@user-jl7xx2mu1b]

Brilliant episode Mr. Swami

[@user-ef4vd7yv3p]

Excellent video, Praveen. You've packed a lot of complexity into 23 minutes. Perhaps the Lawrence of Arabia story of British double-cross of Sharief Hussain in favor of Ibn Saud and the installation of Hussein's sons as monarchs of newly created kingdoms of Trans Jordan and Iraq would have also connected with no-history buffs. As well, Churchill's role, along with Percy Cox. Great work!

[@dev.0122]

Amazing video. So informative

[@jayeshpathade8320]

Great initiative. Looking to hear more from you Praveen. I would like you to start the video in your typical style.

[@spatshello]

Very Informative Mr Swami

[@shivavish1459]

Thank you for the brilliant insights into the ME 🙏🏼

[@AshwinMaloo79]

Dhanyavad 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@alazypatriot]

Loved it! Please continue…

[@easypeasyenglish1331]

Thanks for that wonderful talk.....so important to know the background that is non-partisan

[@ars123-]

Superb episode!!!!!

[@Drganguli]

Very good approach to teaching history. Most of us are unaware of the history of important non-western states

[@georgealexnder]

Very informative- please continue with next Episode - also kindly make the maps more graphics - could include more details

[@VijayPawar-sz6gq]

Nice insights.... Thanks 🙏

[@SamirMishra6174]

Excellent episode

[@SurajSingh-wo2we]

Master class this was

[@os4879]

Loved watching Deep dive a great Explainer and the tittle deep dive really suits 👍🏻🙏🏻

[@mchauhan4]

What a masterful person you are sir.

[@anupamsarkar2237]

Good job 👍

[@arpansingha742]

Thank you for the informative video. Can anyone tell the name of the Background music?

[@srirangabhandarkar842]

Excellent podcast ❤

[@dwaipayansinha4119]

Lovely show

[@speedbird109]

Good one

[@zenLife98]

nice !!

[@navskygupta5311]

well explained

[@ArkoProvoMukherjee]

Thanks!

[@ThePrintIndia]

Dear Arko, Thank you for consistently supporting ThePrint. It is invaluable.

[@udaymukherji4527]

Excellent

[@shaheensha5429]

best professor mr praveen

[@punnavanamsubbiah7434]

Excellent. Exhaust of black diamond may draw the boarders or green energy as alternative.

[@rajivamu17]

❤good one swami

[@Useruytrw]

Adorable ,Affable , Peacefuls , the more the scarier

[@bosebose21]

Thank you. Requesting to Please make a video to educate ALL INDIANs on how China is circling India - using kyaukpyu myanmar, Bhutan land encroachment, aksai chin in kashmir, Maldives, Pakistan. Many Indians are NOT AWARE because security concerns are generally handled silently.

[@atulsodhi7259]

Very informative video. Praveen please speak faster.

[@poonampuri8038]

Talent for Astrology 😧👌👌

[@arsalanmirza3411]

Arey Dikra - not just Middle East but also Indian Subcontinent ‼️

[@senrohit1]

This was very good. Maybe a dive into each nation could be interesting. Specially Israel after the first Zionist Congress of 1897, after which Jewish people started returning to the area, and how Balfour declaration and Sykes p accords impacted it.. to how Israel was established after WW2. Another interesting one would be how the House of Saud took over Saudi Arabia, after all Britain had offered it to Hussains the family running Jordan now. The revolt that the British encouraged the Hussains to undertake also has links to trench warfare of ww1 - as British and French wanted to attach Germany from east. Will be great to get your perspective on that as well. This is a great series in the making 😀😀😀

[@JS-zc2jr]

🏆 #ThePrint

[@rahulgolikeri1187]

👌👍

[@deepaks3481]

Sir, could u plz refer some books on ME

[@argonneon4938]

Very tough English

[@orunabho]

No future actually of the region, maybe a great pan national empire like the one controlled by the Turks will stabilize it. To many ethnicities, too many civilizational roots and the harsh environment is the problem - making the people harsh. Turks are not native to the region, foreigners from Northern China. Persians are also late commers. The Egyptians are a different people, rest are Semitic people of violent history.

[@Houthiandtheblowfish]

you are an ignorant hindofas cist

[@narendraarya6479]

Middle east got Petro dollars but not peace. Most warring countries are in middle east.

[@EkShunya]

please a request its not middle east (that word as meaningless as middle west), its part of asia so kindly use west asia

[@user-kw9np6tm9z]

The white man working for his country The muslim was and still is working for his tribe or family. Sane in india where jaishankar is working for india Pak pm s work for their families. Like gandhi family

[@mg.f.9023]

China is sitting on our border land, no Bhakts dare talk about it.. “koi aya nahi ..

[@ArkoProvoMukherjee]

I have found this book to be an excellent reading on this subject: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Peace_to_End_All_Peace

[@SurajSingh-wo2we]

Master class this was