The Middle East and the making of the modern world

Prelude 1. Khalil Sakakini has a dream

Rise of an urban patchwork region: 1830s-1914

Prelude 2. Rafiq al-Tamimi and Muhammad Bahjat make a tour

Crucible of war: 1914-1918

Prelude 3. Alfred Sursock keeps busy

Ottoman twilight: 1918-1929

Prelude 4. Hauranis migrate to Palestine

Birth of a region of nation-states: 1929-1939

Prelude 5. Eliahu Rabino's war

Empire redux: 1939-1945

Postscript: The more things change : 1945-2017.