Abstract
The international boundaries in the Middle East are relatively recent creation. The majority of land borders had been aligned between 1880 and 1930, largely as a result of European intervention, reflecting delimitations agreed by imperial powers in the post-First World War peace settlements.
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© 1997 Naji Abi-Aad and Michel Grenon
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Abi-Aad, N., Grenon, M. (1997). An Area Divided by Arbitrary Borders. In: Instability and Conflict in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378070_7
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