New frontiers

Duration: 0:25:04

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Focuses on the re-drawing of the map of the Middle East following World War I, which is one of the major historical sources of Middle East tension. Describes how the European powers divided the pre-war empires into artificial nation-states without any regard for the multi-ethnic diversity of the area. Demonstrates how these arbitrary divisions have disrupted the traditional patterns of coexistence.

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