HIST 1112 Chapter Notes - Chapter 28: Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Final Good, Axis Powers
Document Summary
Chapter 28 world war and competing visions of modernity. After world war one the british empire grew by 2 million square miles to 14 million or the size of the. Ea(cid:396)th addi(cid:374)g (cid:1005)(cid:1007) (cid:373)illio(cid:374) to its (cid:1008)(cid:1009)(cid:1012) (cid:373)illio(cid:374) su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts o(cid:396) of the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld(cid:859)s population. The french empire measured 5 million squares miles with a population of 113 million. The most important area strategically for both the british and the french after world war one was the middle east. The british and french had received the arab provinces of the former ottoman empire as mandates. Since british geologist had discovered oil in sw iran in 1908 the british and french put a high premium on their new middle eastern imperial possessions. Nationalism was on the rise encouraged by the british. Their agent t. e lawrence the famous lawrence of arabia was fluent in arabic and islamic customs helped the members of a prominent family ( the.
