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ROMANS DESTROY SECOND JEWISH TEMPLE
Leads to statelessness of Jewish People -
May 20, 1347
JEWS BLAMED FOR BLACK DEATH
Bubonic Plague -
SUEZ CANAL COMPLETED
Owned by Anglo-French -
SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
Otto von Bismark, Berlin Conference. Dividing up Africa -
ZIONISM CREATED
Jewish Austrian publicist Nathan Birnbaum (part of Jewish Diaspora) coins term -
WWI STARTS
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
SYKES-PICOT AGREEMENT
Between UK and France; secret agreement based on assumption they would defeat Ottoman Empire -
BALFOUR DECLARATION
Lord Balfour, British Foreign Policy Secretary, promises Palestine to Jews. Vague promises made to Kurds and Arabs -
LEAGUE OF NATIONS FORMED
Multi-lateral -
TREATY OF VERSAILLE
ALLIES VS GERM -
WWI ENDS
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SAUDI ARABLE INDEPENDANCE
Only Arab state after WWI -
HITLER BECOMES CHANCELLOR (RISE IN POWER)
Jews flea to Palestine -
SUEZ CANAL BACK TO EGYPT
However UK declares Suez Canal Zone -
PEEL COMMISSION
Opts for partition; investigate causes of Mandate -
WWII STARTS
BR/FR Declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland -
ARAB LEAGUE FORMED
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WWII ENDS
Japan surrenders; Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
UN FORMED
International co-operation -
UN APPOINTS UNSCOP TO HANDLE MIDDLE EAST
Divided Palestine into two states -
JERUSALEM DECLARED INTERNATIONAL CITY
Controlled by UN -
ISRAEL'S CREATED
First Arab-Israeli War, Arabs attack day of formation -
BEGINNING OF ARAB-ISRAELI WAR
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JERUSALEM BECOMES ISRAELI CAPITAL
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KING FAROUK OVER THROWN
Coup d'tat -
BANDUNG (INDONESIA) CONFERENCE
Meeting of Asian and African states; Nasser supported non-alignment (decolonisation of African states) -
CZECHOSLOVAKIAN ARMS DEAL WITH EGYPT
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NASSER SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH USSR
Supplies Egypt with funds, weapons -
NASSER BECOMES PRESIDENT
Of Egypt, unofficial leader of Arab world -
NASSER NATIONALISES SUEZ CANAL
Uses income to aid Aswan Dam -
ISRAEL INVADES EGYPT
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BR/FR INVADE SEIZ CANAL
Gain back what they lost -
BR/FR WITHDRAW FROM SUEZ CRISIS
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EISENHOWER DOCTRINE
US promises aid to any country in Middle East under threat of communism