A brand new podcast dedicated to exploring history's most iconic periods through the battles that shaped them. Featuring multi-episode series with each episode around just 15-20 minutes long, we bring history to life in bitesize bursts, recreating real-life stories you can enjoy in a spare moment. Or if you want to listen for longer, just binge them back to back.
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Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
The Middle East of WWI was controlled by the Ottoman Empire, but it was beginning to unravel. Arab nationalism was rising, and Britain told them that they would be allowed to establish a new, independent Arab nation following WWI.
So the Arab Revolt broke out. But in secret, Britain also settled on the Sykes-Picot Agreement with France, which divided the area between them instead, leaving nothing for the Arabs.
Into this cauldron of conspiracy strode Lawrence of Arabia, an unconventional archaeologist, writer, romantic, soldier and intelligence officer of the British Army. He was a lover of all things Arabia, and his effect on the Arab Revolt, and the coming post-war geopolitical battleground was profound.
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