Reading The Near East by William Yale- Chapter IV and Chapter V

CHAPTER IV

THE ANATOMY OF POWER POLITICS

Imperialism

-The Habsburgs and the Ottoman

-The Russians and the Turks

-French interests in the Near East

-France's Rivals

-Britain's Imperial Stake in the Ottoman Empire

-British Economic Interests

CHAPTER V

FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DOMESTIC CRISES

The Wahhabis and Ibn Saud

Mohammed Ali

-Destruction of Mamelukes

-Mohammed Ali's rise to power

-The Greek Revolt

-Intervention of the Great Powers