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This is the first in a series of e-seminars by Naomi Weinberger. Her lecture is presented as text, video, and audio slide shows, supplemented by a glossary, map, suggested readings, short biographical sketches of the key figures, and entries from the Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East (1996).