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Middle East important events
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suez canal
The Suez Canal is completeled. The nickname for the Suez Canal is The Highway of India. Its an articfical sea-level waterway through egypt. Its important because it makes traveling or moving things easier. -
Balfour Declaration
It was a letter from a British man named Arthur Balfour. It was to create a place for the Jewish people to live in Palestine. It was supporting the idea of it. -
Franco- Syrian War.
Was a war between the Arab Kingdom of Syria and France. France defeated the Arab kingdom. -
Egypt Declares independence.
It was declared under Muhammad Ali Dynasty. Egypts law status had been twisted because of its break away from the Ottoman Empire. -
Saudi - Yemen War
They were fighting about a possible oil reserves, civil war, and there different politics. they signed a treaty at the end keeping peace for 20 years. -
israel declares indepencdance
A day before the Bristish Mandate was supposed to expire. David Ben-Gurion, The head of the World Zionist Organization and the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine declared the indepence of Israel. So it would be known as the state of Israel. -
Arab- Israel war erupts.
This war was the second stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It was a war between Jewish forces and Palestinian Arab forces. They were fighting about the UN Partition Plan. -
Egyptian Revolution
This revolution was aimed to overthrow the king Karouk. Some people had other different ambitions to otherthrow Monarachy. -
Anwar Sadat killed
Anwar Sadat was assassinated. He was the president of Egypt. Egypt was celebrating is victory against Israel wehn Soldiers opened fire and started throwing grenades. Anwar Sadat was rushed to the hospital he died before he got there. -
Civil War in Yemen.
It was a war between the nothern and souther states. This war resulted in the souths defeat.
