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The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Armenian Genocide | the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after WWI |
| Fall of ottoman empire | neighboring countries powers simply got stronger and more modern. end of ww1 the allied powers divided it up. creation of the Republic of Turkey in the years immediately after World War I |
| league of nations partition | evacuate Arabs Palestine sought to address the conflicting (Zionism) Jewish nationalism and Arab nationalism. included recommended boundaries. gaza strip and west bank |
| Mustafa Kemal Ataturk | an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey |
| iranian revolution | events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy (Pahlavi dynasty) under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution. shah: good or bad?? Ayatollah Khomeini? |