THE BOOK OF
BEAKS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF BLOODY NOSES
History sneaks up on the middle east
Chapter 8
eFor example, the Brits eventually noticed India and moved in,
2Which changed everything,
3fFor some reason.
4And then there was the Ottoman Empire,
5Which the bottom fell out of,
6gFor some reason,
7And suddenly it was time for World War I,
8hWhen Lawrence of Arabia discovered that the iArabs were really terrific at killing jTurks,
9And found out how much fun it was,
10And told everybody about it,
11kIncluding the Brits,
12Which explains why the Ottoman Empire isn’t around today,
13lAnd why the Turks now live in a place called Turkey.
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