WWI Mandates in the Middle East
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WWI Mandates in the Middle East


How did the modern Middle East develop? What was the mandate system established by the Versailles Treaty?

These are some of the questions that NPR tackled in this 2004 broadcast, which was part of a series called The Middle East and the West.




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