Important Events In The 20th Century

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    20th Century

  • Sykes-Picot Agreement

    Sykes-Picot Agreement
    The Sykes-Picot agreement was a secret agreement by British and French diplomats called Mark Sykes and Georges Picot disscussing which lands in the Ottoman Empire shall be controlled by the British or th French.

  • The Balfour Declaration

    The Balfour Declaration
    The Balfour Declaration was a letter from a diplomat to Sir Rothschild stating that Great Britain recognize and support the movement to achieve a Jewish State in Palestine.

  • The British Mandate of Palestine

    The British Mandate of Palestine
    The British Mandate Of Palestine was confirmed by the League Of Nations. The Mandate of Palestine was basically an agreement that the British will control most of Palestinian constitutions and political matters.

  • The Holocaust

    The Holocaust
    The Holocaust was a genocide of about 6 millions Jews during WW2. Although the genocide happend in Europe, it affected the Middle East ponderously. All the surviving Jews refuges to the middle east. This genocide lasted for about 13 years from 1933-1945.

  • The Arab Revolt

    The Arab Revolt
    The Arab revolt was basically the uprising of the Palestinians that lived under the British Mandate against the British and mass Jewish immigration.

  • End of British Mandate of Palestine

    End of British Mandate of Palestine
    The end of the british mandate of Palestine was during mid-may in 1948. The british mandate lasted for about 26 years.

  • Suez Canal Crisis

    Suez Canal Crisis
    he Suez Crisis was a diplomatic confrontation between Egypt and Israel (with France and Great Britain). The United States, Soviet Union, and the United Nations played a major role in forcing France, Israel, and Great Britain to withdraw. Its significance is that Egypt regained control over the Suez Canal and Great Britain supposedly lost their title as "world power".

  • The Six-Day War

    The Six-Day War
    As the name of the war states, it lasted for six days. However this war is also called the June War. This war was between Israel and Egypt with other countries like Syria and Jordan.The Gaza Strip, the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and the West Bank from Jordan were all controlled by Israel after this war.

  • Yom Kippur War

    Yom Kippur War
    The Yom Kippur war has two other names. The October war and the Ramadan war. This War was between Egypt and Israel.