{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/616deb4bd2f62500126bf9d9/651879ffc8d4ce00114e5a35?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mark Sykes & Francois Georges-Picot","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/616deb4bd2f62500126bf9d9/1726896549616-1883de68-9240-4ddd-9b91-870a997f0edd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode, Theresa and Cody explore how the British and French created the several countries in the Middle East by literally drawing random lines on a map.</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast to recommend: <em>The Civil War (</em><a href=\"http://civilwarpodcast.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://civilwarpodcast.org/</a>)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li>Barr, James. <em>A Line in the Sand: Britain, France, and the Struggles That Shaped the Middle East</em>. New York City, NY: Simon &amp; Schuster, 2012.</li><li>Berdine, Michael. <em>Redrawing the Middle East: Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism, and the Sykes-Picot Agreement</em>. London, UK: I. B. Touris, 2018.</li><li>Fromkin, David. <em>A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East</em>. London, UK: Macmillan, 2009.</li><li>McMeekin, Sean. <em>The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution, and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-23</em>. New York City, NY: Penguin, 2016.</li></ul>","author_name":"Cody Reynolds & Theresa Daniels"}