Middle East
1917 Agreement by the British to set up a Jewish homeland in Palestine
British also promised Arabs independence in the region
UN suggests partition
Jewish are happy, Arabs are angry
1948 British mandate ends
The Jewish increase their territory through the partition
1948 Davide Ben Gurion First leader of Israel, declared the State of Israel
Israel vs Palestinians (Arabs), Israel dominates the first Arab/Israeli War due to being outclassed by modern weapons on Israel's side
Israel grows and takes Jerusalem, Arabs lose territory lose Jerusalem
Creates 2M refugees
They move to the Gaza strip, create the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)
PLO responsible for rocket attacks on Israel
Egypt didn't have a given religion
The Civil War was what started the hate against America
King Faruk in Egypt was allied with American and his popularity goes down.
Gamal Nasser takes him down with a coup, he becomes a leader. US stops funding Egypt
Nasser wants to start a public works production of energy
The Aswan Dam
Democracy for American Funding on the Dam
Soviets are helping and America stops funding, Soviet money isn't enough
China fails to help
The Suez Canal for funding, doesn't belong to Egypt, but Great Britain and France
OPEC
Shah of Iran, threatens rise in price of oil 10 times
USSR and US make oil agreement
Alaska Oil
Gulf of mexico Oil
OPEC countries are struggling
1979-Shah was not liked by the people because:
Seen as American puppet.
Economy suffers
Fundamentalism
Ayatollah Khomeini comes into power
Shah ousted, runs to USA
US Embassy is stormed in Iran
1980 US wants to get back at Iran
Iraq to attack Iran
1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war
British also promised Arabs independence in the region
UN suggests partition
Jewish are happy, Arabs are angry
1948 British mandate ends
The Jewish increase their territory through the partition
1948 Davide Ben Gurion First leader of Israel, declared the State of Israel
Israel vs Palestinians (Arabs), Israel dominates the first Arab/Israeli War due to being outclassed by modern weapons on Israel's side
Israel grows and takes Jerusalem, Arabs lose territory lose Jerusalem
Creates 2M refugees
They move to the Gaza strip, create the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization)
PLO responsible for rocket attacks on Israel
Egypt didn't have a given religion
The Civil War was what started the hate against America
King Faruk in Egypt was allied with American and his popularity goes down.
Gamal Nasser takes him down with a coup, he becomes a leader. US stops funding Egypt
Nasser wants to start a public works production of energy
The Aswan Dam
Democracy for American Funding on the Dam
Soviets are helping and America stops funding, Soviet money isn't enough
China fails to help
The Suez Canal for funding, doesn't belong to Egypt, but Great Britain and France
OPEC
Shah of Iran, threatens rise in price of oil 10 times
USSR and US make oil agreement
Alaska Oil
Gulf of mexico Oil
OPEC countries are struggling
1979-Shah was not liked by the people because:
Seen as American puppet.
Economy suffers
Fundamentalism
Ayatollah Khomeini comes into power
Shah ousted, runs to USA
US Embassy is stormed in Iran
1980 US wants to get back at Iran
Iraq to attack Iran
1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war
"What was taken by force, can only be restored by force."
Gamal Nasser |
Subjunctive Questions:
Would the Russians have more control over the middle east if they had Alaska and did not sell oil to the US during the OPEC crisis period? What would have happened to the Jews if they had not settled in Palestine? |