Middle East Major events

By xiao.mandy

  • World war one

    World war one
    The Middle East wasn't the same after world war one broke out. It caused a lot of violence.

  • Balfour Declaration

    Balfour Declaration
    With the rise of Zionism, the movement for a Jewish Holy Land in Palestine, the Balfour Declaration favored the establishment of a National Home for the Jewish People in Palestine.

  • Ottoman Empire falls apart

    Ottoman Empire falls apart
    Siding with the losing armies, the Ottoman Empire lost power and fell apart. This was during World War 1

  • Britain receives Mandate over Palestine

    Britain receives Mandate over Palestine
    Britain is given power to rule over Palestine by the League of Nations.

  • Mass Migration

    Mass Migration
    By 1938 over 500,000 Jews had migrated to Palestine. Cities were erected and modern technology was brought to the area.

  • Opposition

    Opposition
    opposition to Jewish migration arose from Arab nations, these nations desired control over Palestine, feared a "western" way of life, and loss of tradition. In order to appease the Arabs, Britain limited migration, conflict arose as this was in violation of the Balfour Declaration

  • Holacaust

    Holacaust
    Jewish people are taken to concentration by Nazi troops led by the German dictator, Adolf Hitler.

  • Arab League

    Arab League
    The Arab league, founded in 1945, is a movement seeking to unify Arab policy of world issues, and the opposition of Isreal.

  • Mass Genecide

    Mass Genecide
    During world war II more than 6 million Jews had been murdered by Hitler and his Nazi's. After the war many Jews sought safety in Palestine but where locked out as a result of Britain's restrictions, these actions were condemned by the United States.

  • End of the Holacaust

    End of the Holacaust
    With the end of WWII came the end of the holocaust, freeing millions of jews. Hitler and the Nazi's lose power.

  • Israeli attacked

    Israeli attacked
    Arabia upset with the establishment of a Jewish nation, attacked Isreal, Arabia though superior in forces was driven back, aggrements of temporary peace where established.

  • Israel proclaims independence

    Israel proclaims independence
    Arabia upset with the establishment of a Jewish nation, attacked Isreal, Arabia though superior in forces was driven back, aggrements of temporary peace where established.

  • Israel was created

    Israel was created
    Israel is created by the UN from the British Mandate. The land of Palestine is mad into the state

  • OPEC

    OPEC
    A group of 6 non Arab and 7 arab countries whos purpose is to increase its member's oil revenues.

  • PLO {palestinian liberation organization}

    PLO {palestinian liberation organization}
    In 1968, this organization insisted that Palestinians have a right to the homeland. In 1969 Yasser Arafat is elected chairman of PLO