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Dateline MEI Introduction Contemporary Review of the Middle East 1(2) 125–126 2014 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC DOI: 10.1177/2347798914532725 http://cme.sagepub.com 28 June 1914! The assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, in Sarajevo on that day marked the beginning of the Great War that engulfed Europe and the Middle East over the next four years. Over 10 million soldiers were killed, while more than 25 million were wounded or declared missing in the bloody and long-drawn conflicts that constituted the war. The centenary commemorations of the First World War have already begun, with events planned across the globe. When the war ended in November 1918, the world, especially the Middle East, was beyond recognition. The Ottoman Empire which ruled and controlled much of the Middle East, especially the Arab-populated territories, disintegrated, thus paving way for the modern Turkish state. This process was accompanied by the direct penetration of colonial power, which changed and created an imperial car- tography in the region. Many Arab states in the Middle East as well as Israel emerged from these processes. The British campaign against the Ottoman Empire reverberated http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Contemporary Review of the Middle East SAGE

Dateline MEI

Kumaraswamy, P.R.
Contemporary Review of the Middle East , Volume 1 (2): 2 – Jun 1, 2014
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Introduction Contemporary Review of the Middle East 1(2) 125–126 2014 SAGE Publications India Private Limited SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore, Washington DC DOI: 10.1177/2347798914532725 http://cme.sagepub.com 28 June 1914! The assassinations of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, in Sarajevo on that day marked the beginning of the Great War that engulfed Europe and the Middle East over the next four years. Over 10 million soldiers were killed, while more than 25 million were wounded or declared missing in the bloody and long-drawn conflicts that constituted the war. The centenary commemorations of the First World War have already begun, with events planned across the globe. When the war ended in November 1918, the world, especially the Middle East, was beyond recognition. The Ottoman Empire which ruled and controlled much of the Middle East, especially the Arab-populated territories, disintegrated, thus paving way for the modern Turkish state. This process was accompanied by the direct penetration of colonial power, which changed and created an imperial car- tography in the region. Many Arab states in the Middle East as well as Israel emerged from these processes. The British campaign against the Ottoman Empire reverberated

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