Could New Borders Bring Peace to the Middle East? | History of the Middle East 1918-1922 - 14/21

[TheWolf]

the problem with the idea of unifying the Arabs is that every single last Arab thinks that *HE* should be in charge of Arabia. which kills this idea outright.

[albertvonhabsburg]

"well, I think that concludes our treaty, gentlements peace in middle east"

"forgive me ambassador but what about Jerusalem?"

[unusuarioimportante]

15 HOURS TO EXPLAIN THE MIDDLE EAST BORDERS??? I'm impressed you managed to explain it in such a short time.

[parthiaball]

Jabzy, over the last 5 months you have made sooo many videos back-to-back about Muslim history in the Middle East and surrounding areas like West/East/North Africa, India, and Central Asia. And I gotta keep doing that. I love it!

[chezbh]

When Palestinians say they supported being a part of “Syria, ” they weren’t referring to the modern state of Syria.

After the Romans renamed the Hasmonean Kingdom of Israel, along with its immediate borders (which encompassed areas of modern Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, & Iraq)…. The Romans divided the territory into two regions, Syria-Phoenicia and Syria-Palestina.

When the Arabian Empire conquered the region from the Romans (Byzantines), the Arabs renamed the area “Ballad Al Shem.” “Ballad Al Shem” literally means “Land of the Semites” in Arabic, which is also synonymous with the term “Syria” since before the Roman times. Ballad Al Shem united the two territories together into one territory. It was like that until the Turks conquered the region. Keep in mind that the people who lived there are the descendants of the people who lived there before. The Palestinians are genetically Canaanite and Israelite, the Lebanese are Phoenician and Canaanite, etc.

Not all of the “Jews” left the region after the Jewish revolts in the first two centuries. Most of them converted to Christianity and then to Islam during their respective eras.

You find evidence of this from archeology, history, and multiple genetic studies… which show a continuous presence on the land dating thousands of years.

[caseclosed]

I went to Turkey last year and man, Ataturk is so idolized it’s crazy. His picture is everywhere and while I was there they commemorated the 85th anniversary of his death where they shut down the country for a few minutes and the airlines announce it on the loudspeaker. One Turkish woman I asked about it was almost in tears.

[DamienZshadow]

As a Circassian in diaspora in the US from a lineage from Jordan and Syria back to our homeland, I sincerely appreciate being included in such a complex and tumultuous period in history.

[Terinije]

Even knowing how he died, the utterance "killed by a monkey-bite" is never not wtf-worthy.

[konstantinriumin]

"Massacres once again took place" - average year in Middle East

[karacaddy]

The newly established Turkish Republic was so fed up with the Arab Geography that Ataturk said: "The Turkish Child Will No Longer Shed His Blood for the Arabian Deserts."

I wish there was a huge sea between us and the Arabs and we would be separated geographically!

[karlfreiha]

i am an assyrian and i thank you mentioning our struggle. its in the dark and its a huge issue we are millions scattered around the world and we still live in assyria they took it over in 1933 in the simele genocide

[greyfells]

Unfortunately impossible. Majorities who benefit from current borders will never accept adjustments, Iraqi Shia being the biggest culprit.

[VictorG-zh]

coming back to your channel after years and seeing the improvement of your art and the fact you finally bought a mic is crazy <3

[MCMLXXXVICCXII]

16:00 Rival of the Turkish government accuses Turks to commit atrocities as standart policy THEN French and Armenians commiting atrocities...

The problem here is commiting awful crimes was a norm back then. The crucial part here is we hear these news from one side. When everyone began to throw shit at the other, its obvious, everyone got their hands in shit.

[emilb]

King Alexander then died of a monkey bite

I'm sorry what

[ffnkpog]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. sorry for typing so large, but really, you are outstanding. You are not biased, your facts are true and you make nice animations

[TOB]

The only conclusion I can make after this video : the Middle East has always been a tribalistic mess so no surprise for what is happening now

[peterixon]

Fascinating review. You've done a lot of work to bring this to You Tube. You nailed a number of issues. Personally, in one 24hr period, I worked at a government level with Israeli's, then Palestinians, then Arabs after that. Every ethnic group, individually, were superb people to deal with. Collectively, the chap I worked for at the time could get nowhere on behalf of the world community. It's an experience I have always appreciated.

[rebeccawinter]

This is a really great history of post WWI Middle East history. Now I need to watch the other 20 parts.

[touieg]

Dude your videos are so good and engaging, I can't wait to see what you make next.