HIST3970-Modern Middle East

By jlklein
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    First Saudi State

    Creation of Wahhabism
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    Napoleon conquered Egypt

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    Modern Period

  • Suez Canal

  • British overtake Egypt

  • Iran Constitutional Revolution

  • Division into British and Russian spheres of influence

    Iran as buffer

  • Young Turks form

    Constitutional revolution

  • Sykes-Picot Agreement

  • British support Zionists

  • Political Transformations in Iran and Turkey

    a. mustafa kemal (ataturk)
    b. reza shah
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    British Mandate Israel/Palestine

    gradual end to Jewish immigration

  • Iraq Rebellion

  • Ealy signs of oil in Saudi Arabia

  • Iraq gained independence

  • Establish the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • The White Book

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    Iran ruled by Mohammed Reza Shah

  • Kurdish Republic of Mahabad, Iranian Kurdistan

  • Israel/Palestine Divided into 2 states

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    Civil War

    end of British mandate; founded Israel
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    Boarder skirmishes between Israel and Arab neighbors

  • Nasser led a coup and declared Egypt a Republic

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    Nasser rules Egypt

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    Baghdad Pact

  • Arab-Isareli war

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    last major Arab-Israeli war and the first peace treaty

    a. Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt
    b. End of Yom Kippur War
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    Iranian Revolution

  • Israeli/Platestinian Agreement,

  • shaky relations with USA: economic instability in Saudi Arabia