What history will record of Jimmy Carter was that he was the first U.S. president to broker peace between Israel and an Arab country.

And in the Middle East, Britain was faced with the consequences ... Photos courtesy of Getty Images. WW1: Can the Treaty of Versailles help us tackle climate change? documentWW1: Can the Treaty ...

British troops crossing the desert in Mesopotamia, WW1. The British decided that they could not abandon the Middle East to the Ottomans and began to improve the infrastructure of the area.

Britain took control of the area known as Palestine after the ruler of that part of the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire, was defeated in WW1. The land was inhabited by a Jewish minority and Arab ...

The three battleships sold for £25,500 each to a Middle Eastern company ... Reuter ordered the deliberate sinking of his ships in WW1 because he feared either the resumption of hostilities ...