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Article 22 of The Covenant of the League of Nations, which outlined the legal basis for the Mandate system. Lillian Goldman Law Library. Yale Law School. Link to resource
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Iranian Constitution 1906-1955. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
The Middle East 1916-2001: A Documentary Record. The Avalon Project. Yale Law School. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
The Middle East Since 1914. Internet Modern History Sourcebook. Fordham University: The Jesuit University of New York. Link to resource Several other sections on this site contain content related to the Middle East, including the sections on Imperialism and World War I. (accessed April 30, 2010).
Palestine Mandate, The: The Council of the League of Nations. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010). Sykes-Picot Agreement. May 15 & 16, 1916. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
Wilson, Woodrow. “Fourteen Points.” Given before the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. Wikisource. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
A. Holly Shissler
Associate Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish History, University of Chicago
Erin L. Glade
Ph.D. candidate, University of Chicago
MAPS:
Map of Areas at One Time under Muslim Rule. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
Map of the Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
Map: The Middle East in the Interwar Period. From page 164 of William Cleveland’s A History of the Modern Middle East. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
Political Map of the Middle East. University of Texas. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
Sykes-Picot: Western Designs on the Middle East. Link to resource (accessed April 30, 2010).
