In this episode you will discover the causes and the consequences of three different types of conflict in the Middle East during the Cold War. This include the Arab-Israeli War, Suez Crisis and Iran-Iraq War.

In this episode you will learn about the Middle East. It starts by looking at the Middle East today then begins with the origins of conflict starting in the early 20th Century. It’s describes the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Sykes-Picot Agreement, British and French Mandates and The Balfour Declaration.