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Modern Middle East

Modern Middle East Vocab

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1991 Gulf War The United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait arising from oil pricing and production disputes.
2003 Gulf War U.S. forces invaded Iraq vowing to destroy Iraqi WMD and end the dictatorial rule of Saddam Hussein...Saddam was captured, tried, and hanged, and democratic elections were held.
Arab Spring an uprising started by a man setting himself on fire, used cell phones to spread the word, led to many countries including Africa joining and then it was enough to get leaders killed or to step down
Balfour Declaration during WWI in 1917 there was an announcement made by the British government that stated the approval of creating Israel for the Jews in Palestine and led to the creating of Israel
Cold War The U.S. and Soviet Union fought but never directly because they both had nuclear superpowers and wouldn’t use them directly, so the Middle East countries got involved.
Establishment of Israel Israel was established on May 14, 1948 by a man named David Ben-Gurion. He declared Israel a nation and on the same day the U.S recognized it as a new nation.
Iran Hostage Crisis militants in Iran captured 66 American citizens at the U.S. embassy in Tehrān and held 52 of them hostage for more than a year, affected relationships between US and Iran for years
Middle East Mandates a compromise between the german and turkish colonies during 1918. It occurred in syria. Under this system they divided among britain and france
OPEC Formation an event that occurred in September of 1960 , Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo and Abdullah Tariki founded the company joining the oil industry, to make sure big oil companies did not lower the prices of the oil.
Ottoman Empire When World War I broke out in 1914, the Ottoman Empire teamed up with Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the other states who made up the Central Powers. The Central Powers fought France, Russia, Great Britain, and eventually the United States. (this was all a
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