The Division of the Middle East: The Treaty of Sevres (Arbitrary Borders)

This series examines the important issue of the significance of arbitrary borders in world history These studies describe arbitrary borders as places where people interact differently from the way they would had the boundary not existed Analytical, but easy to read, these brief histories will appeal to a broad sweep of readership European leaders gathered after WWI to carve up the Ottoman Empire into new states that they believed would benefit European interests. The legacy of this treaty is still being written...