Gertrude Bell

I'm Marcus, your guide through history's greatest journeys and discoveries.

In this episode of Gertrude Bell, Part 4, Facing the Realities of Modern Conflict.

The world Gertrude Bell cherished for its antiquity became, in a single political season, the stage of modern conflict.

The outbreak of war across Europe changed the tenor of every border she had crossed and every map she had drawn.

Routes that had once served caravan trade became tracks of strategic interest.

I'm Marcus, your guide through history's greatest journeys and discoveries.

in this episode of Gertrude Bell, Part 3, Exploring the Ruins and Their Secrets.

As Gertrude Bell ventured deeper into the heart of antiquity, her world contracted to essentials, water, shade, ink, and paper.

The first stone walls on the skyline were not mere romantic remnants, They were logistical markers.

Each ruin signified a shift in local control, a new set of obligations, and a fresh story of how people had lived.

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In this episode of Gertrude Bell, Part 2, the adventure begins across the sea.

As Gertrude Bell's ship glided over the smooth waters of the Mediterranean, anticipation surged within her.

The vessel's wake left a thin white cut against the sea, warm heat wrapping around her like a second skin.

The first sight of the eastern shore was intimate, a tumble of low buildings kissed by sand, and a breeze carrying perfumes and grit that would soon coat her mouth.

I'm Marcus, your guide through history's greatest journeys and discoveries.

In this episode of Gertrude Bell, part one, the beginnings of a daring exploration.

The first time Gertrude Bell closed a book, she felt an ache for the road.

She was under 30, a woman defined by precise habits and a scholar's curiosity.

Born into a life of privilege, her childhood home in Northern England was surrounded by the steady hum of ironworks and the rhythmic ticking of clocks.

What she left behind was static.

What lay ahead was dynamic, unpredictable, and uncharted.

Gertrude Bell was about to embark on a journey that would change not only her life, but the very landscape of history itself.

And you can see this, for example, in disagreements over Palestine.

There's a faction that is very, you have T.E. Lawrence, you have Gertrude Bell, you have- Well, T.E. Lawrence is very important.

He said a lot.

And she's a spy, just almost, she's a famous woman spy, as important as him almost.

I was just giving an example to where there were genuine disagreements amongst a faction of the Rothschild side supporting the Zionist cause.

And this is why they had to include in the Balfour Declaration the clause that we will not mess with the existing Palestinian peoples.

But then you had this other faction of the people like John Philby and Gertrude Bell and T. Lawrence.

who gave the impression that they were always Arabophiles.

It's...

I mean, the maps of the Middle East were redrawn thanks to people like Gertrude Bell and Lawrence of Arabia and those that went over and were playing archaeologists.

So they knew what they were doing and they were put up to it by the British government to be spies and to try to work to, they were actually called the Kingmakers.

So they were out there trying to subvert local governments and traditions and try to promote people into positions of power.

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You guys are all-

Um, no palm trees, but I do see a massive palace that has been completely destroyed, a palace from the old world, one hundred percent.

And what is this? Eight years ago, we get an article that this group right here is destroying the old world, destroying the Venice of the sands piece by piece.

Will this organization erase the memory of the extraordinary history? In nineteen hundred, a British traveler, Gertrude Bell, wrote, "I wonder if the world presents a more singular landscape.

It is a mass of columns ranged into long avenues, grouped into temples, lying broken in the sand.

It's...

I mean, the maps of the of the Middle East were redrawn thanks to people like Gertrude Bell and Lawrence of Arabia and those that went over and were playing archaeologists.

You know, so they knew what they were doing and they were put up to it by the British government to be spies and to try to work to they were actually called the Kingmakers actually.

So they were out there trying to subvert local governments and traditions and try to promote people into positions of power that could be more amiable to the British cause.

They then turned to Britain, which was also initially less enthusiastic.

Famous English Middle East experts such as Gertrude Bell pointed out that Palestine was Arab and that Jerusalem was sacred to all three major monotheistic faiths.

Judaism has not been a monotheistic faith in a very long time.

Sorry, go listen to my reading of Israel Shahak's Jewish History, Jewish Religion.