Natalia Borodina’s Updates

  • The Sykes-Picot agreement (1916)

    Media embedded December 1, 2019

    The Sykes-Picot agreement is a treaty which was secretly signed by Great Britain (Mark Sykes) and France (François Georges-Picot) on May 19, 1916. The treaty stated that most of the Arab lands under the Ottoman Em...More

  • The Decision that Ruined the Middle East

    There is a stigma attached to the Middle East; it is frequently thought of as the region of:

    No doubt, it could be assossiated with other attributes if there had not been a certain combination of circumstances and wrong choices made by the author...More

  • Petrolium politics and the essential variables

    Petrolium politics has been being of great importance since the rise of the petrolium industry in the Middle East, that is, the early 20th century

    The issue encompasses a wide range of aspects including the nature of oil as a resource, ways of...More

  • Ancient India: from historical redundancy to fascinating facts

    I would like all of you to abstract from history for a moment and just read some interesting bits of information about Ancient India.

    The link I attached to this publication contains various facts from different spheres (medicine, astronomy, etc.)...More

  • Mesopotamia

    To fathom the Middle East and its varied history, one should get an insight into the roots of Eastern civilization. The Ancient Near East history begins with states coming into existence. State is a term to denote the type of societal organization i...More

  • India: Concise Animated History

    In comparison to the previous publication, this video focuses on historical overview of India. It touches upon all the periods in the history of the country starting from the prehistoric times, continuing with different empires and the state under B...More