How did the Middle East get this Way

  • Jan 1, 1299

    Founding of the Ottoman Empire

    ottoman empire founded in Constatinople turkey by Osman
  • Period: Dec 24, 1520 to Dec 25, 1566

    Ottoman Empire Golden Age

    During this time the ottoman empire controlled the middle east,southeast europe and northern africa
  • The War between Europe, France, and later the U.S. against Southern east Europe, North Africa, Middle East

  • maping of the middle east

  • Ottoman Empire Collapse

    The great empire than ruled the middle east had fallen and had caused european imperialism
  • Period: to

    How the Middle East got that way

    After world war I. Imperialism came to the Middle East and destabilized what was stable before. Causing ethnic, religious and cultural groups to fight for territory and there different beliefs. This has caused and sparked civil wars to happen and for extremist groups to grow. This has made large wars and large conflicts to happen all around the region.
  • Persia becomes Iran

    Old kingdom becomes into Iran
  • 1943 Lebanon gets independance

  • State of Israel is attacked

    1948 the Arab States rejected the State of Israel and attacked it.
  • Jewish and Palestinian States Created

    1947 the U.N. put land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea into Jewish and Palestinian States
  • First Iraqi-Kurdish War

    first big conflict in Iraq with kurds
  • Christian and Muslim Conflicts

    Problems between Christians and Muslims developed by 1975 which converted into a 15 year civil war.
  • Syria invades Lebanon

  • Al Qaeda founded

  • Gulf War

    operation desert storm.
  • Palestine Gains Land

    1993 Israel and Palestine leaders granted limited control of the West Bank and Gaza
  • Isis was formed

    The terrorist group known now as Isis was formed.
  • Instability in Iraq

    When haddam hussein was outsed in 2003 in Iraq which caused sunni and and other ethnic groups fight.
  • Start Syrian Civil War

    The assad and the rebel forces start their war in syria.
  • Comparison to Current Event

    One current event that is going on in the present that relates to the this topic is the conflict that is going on in the Middle East involving Assad, Isis, the U.S. and the Middle East. These two topics connect because not only did the Middle East just get this way but, it is becoming more and more chaos after more and more conflict is piling up. All of these passed events and current events are affecting the political instability which will cause issues in the future for the Middle East.