All,
I'm writing an amateur Alternate History Novel and have hit a snag.
One of my key POD's was the Ottoman didn't lose the near east after WWI (though they did lose Europe, Armenia and North Africa long before).
The key thread in this is that Arabia remained Ottoman long after it was realized that this area was a treasure trove.
What would the Ottomans do in, say 1920's, when the extend of the Oil deposits were realized?
The Ottoman Turks were repressive (see various genocides). What would be the fate of the then-lightly populated Arabs of the Arabian peninsula?
Could they expect the fate of the Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, etc as the Ottoman attempts to seize control of the oil boom?
I tried to start a more general thread but got no takers.
Thanks. Feel free to expand how this would go for the Ottoman, Arabs and the world if Saudi Arabia, perhaps Iraq, Syria, etc remained Ottoman through the 20th century.
Previous thread.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10752077#post10752077
I'm writing an amateur Alternate History Novel and have hit a snag.
One of my key POD's was the Ottoman didn't lose the near east after WWI (though they did lose Europe, Armenia and North Africa long before).
The key thread in this is that Arabia remained Ottoman long after it was realized that this area was a treasure trove.
What would the Ottomans do in, say 1920's, when the extend of the Oil deposits were realized?
The Ottoman Turks were repressive (see various genocides). What would be the fate of the then-lightly populated Arabs of the Arabian peninsula?
Could they expect the fate of the Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks, etc as the Ottoman attempts to seize control of the oil boom?
I tried to start a more general thread but got no takers.
Thanks. Feel free to expand how this would go for the Ottoman, Arabs and the world if Saudi Arabia, perhaps Iraq, Syria, etc remained Ottoman through the 20th century.
Previous thread.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?p=10752077#post10752077