by Talking Humanities | Feb 6, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law
At the height of the Ethiopian famine – the worst to hit the country in a century – the British government pondered whether it should assist in the overthrow of the military regime that was ruling in Addis Ababa. Below, Martin Plaut, senior research fellow at the...
by Talking Humanities | Sep 28, 2017 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics, Politics & Law
On 10 June 1916 Sharif Hussein, guardian of the holy city of Mecca, fired a shot from a window in his palace at the Turkish headquarters nearby. This marked the start of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire, writes Martin Plaut. Negotiations between the British,...
