I want to know the answer to the following question:
What year was Arnold J toynbee becoming metaphysical about the Near East?
All the background I'm provided with is that "By 1916, when millions of Europeans were becoming casualties of imperial war in the trenches of eastern and western Europe over "the eastern question," Arnold J. Toynbee, Hegelesque historian of civilization at large, was becoming metaphysical about the Near East.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes