Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict
This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China, and India and ...
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Opinion: Time to rethink the borders of the Middle East map
Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle ... (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and political interests. They carved up the Middle East map with ...
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Resentment over Sykes-Picot deal still drives Turkey foreign policy
The map of the Middle East as devised by Sykes and Picot (AFP ... Indian force in the 1916 siege of Kut al-Amara (Kut in modern Iraq). "One hundred years after Kut al-Amara, we say that its ...