‘Assess’ means you need to evaluate the merits of the statement in question. You can agree or disagree with the statement. In either case you need to provide enough evidence to support your position.
-‘Discuss’ indicates that the answer should be analytical not only descriptive.
-Answers informed by a theoretical approach are better than just descriptive ones.
– paper must be MLA style, double spaced and two pages long, a page per answer, and the third page for the references.
Questions
1-‘Rather than preparing the country for self-rule, the Palestine Mandate and the policies of the mandatory authorities sowed the seeds of the Arab-Israeli conflict.’ Assess this statement
2- Discuss the threat presented by transnational movements and ideologies, e.g. Pan Arabism, to the inter-Arab state system.
3- How did the oil booms affect the international relations of the Middle East? Your answer should focus on their impact on regional conflicts and regional cooperation as well as on the involvement of the international superpowers in the region.
4- How did Turkish nationalist movements before and during World War I contribute to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
