Episode 10: The Balkan Wars
Episode 10: The Balkan Wars
The Ottomans are blindsided by the Christian states of the Balkans while still fighting a war against Italy, and the Gre... Read more
5 Sep 2020
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Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans
Episode 9: A Damn Fool Thing in the Balkans
SPONSOR:https://www.audibletrial.com/hmme Bibliography History of the Balkans, Volume I: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centu... Read more
30 May 2019
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Episode 8: The Age of Liberation
Episode 8: The Age of Liberation
We backtrack the narrative again to cover the history of the Balkans from the late 18th century up to the 1870s. Bibliog... Read more
1 May 2019
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Episode 7: The Tripolitanian War
Episode 7: The Tripolitanian War
BibliographyLibya, John WrightItalo-Turkish Diplomacy and the War Over Libya 1911-1912, Timothy W. ChildsOsman's Dream: ... Read more
8 Nov 2018
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Episode 6: Ottomans and Sanussis
Episode 6: Ottomans and Sanussis
We look at the history of Libya between the end of the Qaramanli Dynasty in 1835 and the Tripolitanian War in 1911. Bibl... Read more
25 Oct 2018
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Episode 5: Qaramanlis and Corsairs
Episode 5: Qaramanlis and Corsairs
In this episode we backtrack the narrative two centuries to when the Qaramanli Dynasty came to power in Tripoli, and how... Read more
7 Sep 2018
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Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle
Episode 4: Stumble and Struggle
In this episode, the Committee of Union and Progress try to re-establish their authority over what is left of the Ottoma... Read more
16 Aug 2018
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Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam
Appendix B1: The Rise of Islam
BibliographyThe Arabs in History: Revised Edition, Bernard LewisThe Middle East: A Brief History of the Last 2000 Years,... Read more
30 May 2018
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Episode 3: Coups and Counter Coups
Episode 3: Coups and Counter Coups
In this episode we look at the Young Turk Revolution of 1908, and the attempted counter Revolution of 1909. Bibliograp... Read more
28 Feb 2018
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Episode 2: The Eve of Revolution
Episode 2: The Eve of Revolution
The Young Turks and Sultan Abdul Hamid II prepare to face off for the fate of the Ottoman Empire. BibliographyThe Emerge... Read more
30 Jan 2018
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