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96. Treaty of Karlowitz
34:23||Season 1, Ep. 96The episode traces the Great Turkish War from the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 through the Holy League's victories, including the Battle of Zenta in 1697, to the diplomacy at Sremski Karlovci that produced the Treaty of Karlowitz in January 1699. It follows the competing aims of Austria, Poland, Venice, Russia, and the Ottoman delegation under Grand Vizier Amcazade Hüseyin Pasha, with mediators from England and the Dutch Republic working to keep talks alive. The episode also covers the treaty's terms, including Ottoman cessions of Hungary and Transylvania to the Habsburgs, Poland's recovery of Podolia, and Venice's gains in the Peloponnese and Dalmatia, and considers the lasting consequences for the Habsburg lands and the Ottoman Empire.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-karlowitz
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95. Treaty of Kanagawa
34:37||Season 1, Ep. 95The episode traces the 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa, the agreement that ended Japan's sakoku policy of near-total seclusion after Commodore Matthew Perry's Black Ships arrived in Edo Bay. It follows the negotiations at Kanagawa between Perry and the shogunate's senior councilor, Hayashi Akira, over the opening of the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate, a U.S. consulate, and protection for shipwrecked sailors. The episode also covers the treaty's wider consequences, including the unequal treaties that followed, the economic strain and political upheaval within Japan, and the path that led toward the Meiji Restoration.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-kanagawa94. Treaty of Kadesh
33:47||Season 1, Ep. 94The episode traces the path from the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE, a deadlock that left Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II's Hittite forces depleted, to the 1259 BCE treaty negotiated under Ramesses and Hattusili III. It covers the pressures pushing both empires toward talks, including internal strains and the rising threat of Assyria, and the terms of the agreement: fixed borders, a mutual defense pact, extradition of political refugees, and support for trade. It also follows the aftermath, including the identical silver tablets in Akkadian and the treaty's lasting influence on diplomacy.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-kadesh93. Treaty of Jeddah (1927)
34:12||Season 1, Ep. 93The episode traces the 1927 Treaty of Jeddah, signed on May 20 of that year between the British Empire and Abdulaziz Ibn Saud, who had captured Mecca and Medina in 1924 after ousting Sharif Hussein from Hejaz. It covers the British interest in securing the Suez Canal, India, and their mandates in Iraq and Transjordan, and the bargaining that produced British recognition of Ibn Saud's rule over Hejaz and Nejd in exchange for pledges to halt raids into British protectorates. The discussion also follows the treaty's aftermath, including the Ikhwan revolt of 1929 and the 1932 unification into Saudi Arabia, and considers how the agreement shaped the region's later borders and oil-driven politics.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-jeddah-192792. Treaty of Hubertusburg
34:26||Season 1, Ep. 92The episode traces the Treaty of Hubertusburg, signed on February 15, 1763, which ended the Seven Years' War in Europe. It follows the negotiations at Hubertusburg Palace in Saxony between envoys of Prussia, Austria and Saxony, including Count Finckenstein for Frederick the Great, Prince Kaunitz for Maria Theresa, and Count von Brühl for Saxony. The discussion centers on Austria's demand for Silesia, Saxony's need for reparations and the withdrawal of Prussian troops, and the mediating role of France. It closes by weighing the treaty's lasting effects on Prussia's rise, Austria's reforms, Saxony's decline, and the fragile peace it left in Europe.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-hubertusburg91. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
33:03||Season 1, Ep. 91The episode traces the road to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. It covers the expansionist politics of President James K. Polk, the 1846 Thornton Affair and the fighting that followed, and the negotiations in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo, where diplomat Nicholas Trist defied a recall order to keep talking. It also examines the treaty's terms, including Mexico's cession of more than half its territory, the fifteen-million-dollar payment, the Rio Grande border, and promises to Mexican residents, and follows how those promises fared in the decades afterward.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo90. Treaty of Granada (1491)
35:12||Season 1, Ep. 90The episode traces the siege of Granada in 1491, when the armies of Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile closed in on the last Nasrid stronghold in Spain, and Sultan Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil, faced a court divided over resistance and surrender. It follows the negotiations that produced the Treaty of Granada, signed on November 25, 1491, with its promises of religious freedom, property protection, legal continuity, and safe passage into exile. It also covers how those guarantees were eroded in the years after, through forced conversions, the Alpujarras revolt, and the expulsions that followed.More: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/treaty-of-granada-1491