The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement |
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1 page matching The year 1920 has an evil name in Arab annals: it is referred to as the Year of the Catastrophe (Am al-Nakba). It saw the first armed risings that occurred in protest against the post-War settlement imposed by the Allies on the Arab countries. In that year, serious outbreaks took place in Syria, Palestine, and Iraq. in this book
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Contents
CHAPTER | 15 |
THE ARAB World IN THE MIDDLE AGEs | 16 |
A FALSE START 2 I | 21 |
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| Title | The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement |
| Author | George Antonius |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | International Book Centre, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Feb 16, 2007 |
| Length | 470 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General |
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