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People, places and things related to Africa and the Middle East

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Afghanistan   Kabul  
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Algeria   Algiers  
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Jomo Kenyatta   1940s- Founds Kenya African National Union. Prez of Kenya. W- capitalism. Pan-Africanism.  
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Kenya African National Union   Focuses on economic issues. Seeks Independence for Kenya.  
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Mau Mau Movement   Kenya. Kikuyu people using terroism to get uhuru from British. Causes alarm and promises.  
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Uhuru   Freedom  
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Wafd   Egypt. Formal political party to promote Egypt independence.  
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King Farouk   Egypt. Overthrown by army coup (1952). Indept. republic instead. Intellectuals as opposed to monarcy as colonial rule.  
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Egypt   Wafd. King Farouk. Intellectuals fickle.  
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Kenya   Mau Mau movement. Kikuyutribe.Terrorism. After WW2- lotta Brits leave Br b/c too depressing, go to Kenya. Jews too. Kenyatta- W-capitalism. Big middle class, but high unemployment- so lots below poverty line. unhappyness.  
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South Africa   European settlers dominate. Form African National Congress (ANC). Apartheid. Caste system. Whites. Mixed. Blacks. Opressed.After imprisonment and a lot of world pressure, Mandela becomes president b/c after Zimbabwe goes- too hard. deKlerk gives it to Man  
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African National Congress   South Africa. INtellectuals start. Little support. Equality. Reforms. Mandela-leader.  
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Apartheid   segretation of blacks and whites. Blacks rebel- brutally repressed.  
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Nelson Mandela   leader of ANC, arrested in 1962. Arrest>armed resistance. Elected as prez of S. Africa, after campaigning against apartheid. Unity.  
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Algeria   Arabs fighting for indept. de Gaulle lets go. 1962-indept. Colons are trying to keep control. Such an issue in homeland- almost civil war. Degaulle just lets go of.  
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Tunisia   wins indept from France in 1956 b/c of Algeria struggle.  
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Morocco   wins indept from France in 1956 b/c of Algeria struggle.  
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Ghana   Old Gold Coast. Kwame Nkrumah. President.African Socialism. Big Man Rule. (Nkrumah.)  
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Mozambique/Angola   Portuguese colonies. Given indept. After brutal guerilla wars.Freemelo (revoltion group). Swapo- get Soviet support.  
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General Mobutu Sese Seko   Zaire/DR Congo. W. capitalism. Leader. Dictator.  
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DR Congo/ Zaire   Mobuto Sese Seko- W-capitalism. Dictator. Favors the N. Muslim tribes> civil war- Katanga- copper minds want to break away. Lumba- leader w/ Katanga. Rwand troubles bleed in. Kabilla takes over.  
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Sékou Touré   Guinea. African Socialism. Pan-Africanism.  
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Guinea   Sékou Touré. African Socialism.  
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Tanzania   Julius Nyerere. African Socialism. Nyerere sets up colectives, low levels of corruption and instability.  
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Julius Nyerere   Tanzania. African Socialism.  
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Organization of African Unity   Founded by 32 African leaders in 1963. Dream of Pan-Africanism. Reduce W. influence.  
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Pan-Africanism   Unity of all black Africans regardless of national boundaries.  
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Negritude   Blackness. Belief of Pan-Africanism.  
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Uganda   Lots of resources. "Pearl of Africa". Can't keep stable. Like Argentina- so close and yet..1966- President Milton Obote names Idi Amin in charge of army. 1951- siezes control and rules w/ iron fist. Wastes money on luxuries. Arab plane, israeli rescue tak  
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Idi Amin   1951- takes control of Uganda. Secret police. Iron fist rule. Ruins economy w/ luxuries. Big man rule. "Mein Kamph". Rapes 100s of women. Father of future generation. Secret Torture chamber. Calls church leader to "tea". Forces amry to invade Tanzania, fl  
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Liberia   Dependence on rubber exports ruins economy. Child/Boy soldiers. Freestate. People w/ Power. Br and Us support, people not from tribes>resentment>civil war and military rule.  
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Nigeria   oil export dependence. Civil war- N. killing Ibo people, flee to E part where Odumegu-Ojukwu organizes Ibos, decalres E. Biafra. After 3 years- bloody Biagran Civil war- surrender. Used boy soldiers and desertification.Added Muslim population..  
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Wabenzi   Mercedes Benz people. Rich w/ lavish lifestyles.  
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Angola   Soviet-style Marxism-Leninism.  
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Ethiopia   Societ-style Marxism-Lenisn. Solski. Meninstsu. Dragged into Cold War politics. Soviets influence. Solski pro-west, supply military and Menists take over.  
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Ibo   Natives of E. Nigeria. Attacked by N.ers - retreat to E. Create own home state of Biafra- after 3 years of bloody war- surrunder.  
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Biafra   Nigeria. State that Ibos and Colonel Odumegu-Ojukwu establish w/ Ibo people are being persecuted.  
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Colonel Odumegu-Ojukwu-   Nigeria. Head of whol Ibo/Biafra mess.  
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Zimbabwe   Ethnic conflic.1 party rule- white minority.Once Rodisia. Want to keep white pople rule. Ian Smith- keeps wealthy white sin power. 1970s- being to protest single party. Devestment. Smith resigns- Mugabe- keeps whites in charge. Dictatorial. Poor people on  
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Rwanda   Hutus and Tutsis. Hutu rampage leaves .5 million TUtsis dead. Hutus larger, Tutsis the rich minority. Resentment- leader of Tutsis killed Hutus go wild. Tribal warfare.  
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Afrikons   S. Africa and Dutch. Mixed. White, but not- don't really have a homeland. Somtimes encourage prejudice. Don't quite have any home.  
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Big Man Rule   Dictatorship. Makes his tribe "the" tribe. Brutal. Ethnic Cleansing.  
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African Issues   No experience w/ democracy. Corruption. Arbitrary borders. Military expenses.Desertification. Cashcrop economy. Population growth. AIDS.  
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Desertification   spread of Sahara into Sudan. Displacing people. Major drought area. Fills up other areas. Muslims going into Christian/Animalistic Areas.  
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Madagascar   Indian/Arabic population from trade.  
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E Coast   INdian mostly. From trade. Middle class, forced to leave, ruins economy.  
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Baby Faye   1970s. Transplants baboon's heart. Works and then rejects. Like W. institutions.  
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1 party states.   Kenya. Ghana. Zimbabwe. Uganda.  
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Somalia   Pro-west. Soviets supply different warloards. Take over> civil war.  
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Ujamaa   family hood/ African socialims. Growth of industry thwarts.  
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Chad and Sudan   civil war. N/Muslim/nomadic populaiton and Christian/animalistic in cities and control the governemnt. Resent and Soviets supply teh Muslims>civil war.  
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Ian Smith   Zimbabwe. White dictator. Keeps white rich rule. Overthrown in 1979. Resigns.  
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Robert Mugabe   Zimbabwe. promises to keep whites in charge. People begin squatting- refuses to let them leave. The whites.  
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Lesotho and Swaziland   reservations. Diff tribes.  
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Namibia   colony of S Africa, who invades when thinks is going to black rule. German colony- upper class is traditional German dress.  
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Zionist Movement   1899. Desire for Jewish State. T. Herzl.  
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T. Herzl   starts Zionism movement.  
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Husayn-McMahon Letters   1915-1916. Arab/British. Promises of an Arab state.  
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Sykes-Picot Agreements   1916. French-Br. Sets up the Mandate System. Split up Land between them two.  
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Balfour Declartion   Br- need Jewish support- Irish rebelling- make vague statement about Jewish homeland.  
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Druze   broke away from main-stream Muslim. Get more rights in Jewish States.  
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General Arab Strike   1936. Protest what is happeneing. New culture. Against Br. Br write white paper and slow immigration.  
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Haganah   moderate, Jewish defensive group.  
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Irgun   agressive militanat Jewish devensive group.  
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Lehi   militia Jewish defense group. More agressive.  
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UN Partition Plan   UN splits up Palestine. 1947.  
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Arab-Israeli War   5/15/1948. Arab League invades..  
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David Ben-Gurion   proclaims Israeli a state 5/4/1948.  
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Egypt   Not Arab state, but Farouk (36) supports the Arabs. Sends troops agains Israel. Nasser comes into charge. Republic. Suez Canal.  
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Nasser   Egypt. Takes over after Farouk. Supports arabs. Reforms. Nationalizes Zuez Canal. >Suez War. Arab Socialism. Natinoalizes the Aswam High Dam, US gets mad- stops aid and USSR steps in.  
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Suez War   1956. B/c Egypt Nationalizes the canal. THem agains Fr. and Br.  
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AIW- Palestineans flee   Massacre (dier yassun). Women and Children. Vans goings around. Terror.  
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Dier Yassun   Part of Irgun. Massacres women and children. Leads to Palestineans fleeing. Massive terror.  
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Law of Return   Any Jews granted citizenship in Israel. Arab countries expel teh Jews.  
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Suez-Sinai War   Egypt Nationalizes Dam and Seuz. Br and Fr and Israel all freel threatned- so attacks Sinai. All angry at them. US tells Israel to give back. Causes Pan-Arabism and UAR.  
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United Arab Republic   1958-1962. Caused by SSW. Egypt and Syria - Jordon doesn't want part. Syria doesn't want to be underdog.  
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Brinksmanship   Nasser. Pushing the envelope.  
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Six Day War   1967. June 5. Nassar's brinkmanship of blocking Gulf of Aquaba. Fails. Troops blocking harbor, Israel attacks. Wipes out airforce. Spins and attacks Jordan/Sytria too. Gains Golan, W. Ban, Sinai. Hostipe population.  
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Palestinean Liberation Organization   PLO. From Pan-Africanism. No Jews in Palestine. Guerilla movement- alFatah- lead by Arafat. Diehards take over. Munich Olympics 1972. Uganda Airline. Jordan 3 plans blow up. Lebanon support in refugee camps.  
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Fatah   part of PLO. More radical. Terrorist attacks on Israel. Lead by Arafat. People turn to this when govt. not working.  
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Arafat   Leader of Fatah. Radical part of PLO. Rather moderate leader. Wants peace. Sell-out. Losing power.  
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Sadat   Takes over after Nassar. Wants peace treaty. Tries Unity. KNows needs peace for making Egypt big.  
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Camp David Accords   Carter. Begin (Israel's Prime Minister). Carter too. Peace between Egypt and Israel.  
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intifada   Rising unrest in PLO. Skating off. Beginning of P. uprising. Youth no jobs. Not necessarily terrorist. World gives support. Fighting for future.  
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Madrid Talks   1992. Public. Palest and Israel embroked by the UN.  
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Oslo Accords   secret. 2 moderate rulers ready for peace.  
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Rabeen   labor party. Moderate. Israel. Ready for peace. Assassinated b/c sold out.  
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242: UN: Land for Peace   Give land for guarentees of peace. Doesn't really work.  
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Moshe-Dyan   Israel. Doesn't trust Egypt. Rejects offer. B/c Sadat changes tune again. Attacks and invades.>Yom Kippur War.  
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Yom Kippur War   1973. Surprise attack. Backfires and turns Israelis off to peace. All concentrated and beat Arabs. Angry at lack of prep.  
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Golda Mier   prime minister of Israel. Peoplea ngry at her for lack of preparation.  
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Oil Crisis   Oil Embargo. Stagflation. Carter. Saudi-Arabi- most oil. Use oil prices as a weapon for US to back down Israel support. Libya gets rich off oil.  
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Palestine Authority   1993. Gaza Strip. West Bank agrea. Israel has foreign power. Palestine domestic.  
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Hamas   and other radicals step up on terrorism. Angry at both sides for selling out. Rival to PLO.  
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Likud vs. Labour   Likud- conservative- makes stuff worse. Labour- socialist, moderate- makes changes for better.  
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Religious situation   Some want secular. Some want conservative union of state and religion. Mainstream and old jews. All mixing.  
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Settlements   Israel putting people on oldP. Land. Colectives. Do go thing. Infastructure. Colonizing.  
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Lebanon Civil War   Civil war from refugees. Suni Muslims. Shiite Muslimes. Marinite Christians. All want power. I back Suni and Christian. Syria and PLo support Shiite. Biig mess. Peace from UN.  
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Iran   big oil crisis. use prices as weapon to abandon support.Connection w/ W. w/ Shah Pahlavi. Brutal. Largely Shiites. Aruges w/ Iraq. A lot.  
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S'vak   Shah Pahlavi's secret police.  
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Shah Pahlavi   Iran. In power w/ US help. Corrupt. Oil. Things better.  
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The Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini   Iran. Poeople look to. Comes to power after Pahlavi. Anti-West. Reinstates traditional stuff. Veil. Fundamentalism. Massive commi/homo killing. Teocracy. Fundamentalism.  
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Afghanistan   Fundamentalism spreads and teh USSR invades. US funds the Taliban for fighting USSR. Unequality for women.  
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Hussein   Iran refuguee in Iraq. Ba'ath party. Socialist. Goes against Shiites in Iraq. Against the Kurds.  
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10 Year War   Iraw and Iran. Iran thinks Iraq not pure Muslims. Iran attacks. Iraq wins. Chemical weapons and stuff.  
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Turkey   Major Human Rights issues. Kurds.  
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Kuiwait War   Iraw attacks Kuwait w/ lots of oil. US ally. B/c used to belong to Ira1. Slant Drilling. Huss joins, but then SA joins. Fundamentalism rises.  
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Kurds   US encourages the Kurds to rebel. Hussein hits w/ chemical weapons. Kills all kids. US loses interest.  
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Fundamentalists   Government isn't doing the job people turn to fundamentalists.  
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Gulf War   Iran surrounded by enemies. Hussein in Iraq. Iraq attacks. Poison gas on civilians. 10 years.  
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Iraq   Hussein. Mostly Sunnites. Has Kurdish rebellion supported by Iran. Attacks. After war. Hussein goes to Kuwait- and invades. Bush interferes.  
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