History of the Modern Middle East / Module 10
The Middle East in World War I: The Social Disruption of War
World War I is studied through its social, psychological, and cultural disruption. The lesson refuses to reduce the war's effects to battlefield history alone.
Learning objectives
- Analyze the social and cultural effects of World War I in the Middle East.
- Recognize wartime disruption beyond the Ottoman Empire alone.
Transcript excerpt
Excerpt from the lesson transcript
All of this caused enormous uncertainty. All of this came on top of the kind of trauma that we're talking about here. So these are just some of the massive social, psychological, cultural I would say also effects of World War I on the Middle East. This includes not just by the way the Ottoman Empire.