the emergence of arab nationalism in the early twentieth century falls in line with the historical developments of the time as well as earlier ideological developments. among the historical developments, is the ottoman empire’s neglect of the arab region as well as their overusage of the region's agricultural resources during the period of world war i. after the ottomans, there was the imperialist presence of the french and the british in former ottoman regions like syria and iraq. the combination of being ruled by others as well as the rise of nationalist ideologies across the globe had given rise to arab nationalism and eventually ba’athism.