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600
Origins of the Muslim Empires
muhammad was a merchant and others he was the last prophet and he reported to receive messages from god and word of him spreads through out -
1500
Rise of the Ottoman Empire
The rise of the Ottomans also underscored the growing importance of gunpowder weapons, the Ottomans went on to build one of the largest empires in history. -
1530
Peak of the Ottoman Empire
By the mid-1600s, the Ottomans ruled an empire nearly the size of ancient Rome. They controlled rich agricultural lands and prosperous trading cities. They also occupied the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, giving them claim to leadership of the Muslim world. They maintained their empire by creating a strong, efficient government. -
1580
Fall of the Ottoman Empire
Suleyman’s reign was the high point of the Ottoman Empire. After his death in 1566, Ottoman power gradually declined. However, they were dealt another harsh blow in 1683, when they again failed to take Vienna, the capital of Austria’s Hapsburg Empire. By this time, the Ottoman’s image of invincibility had been shattered. -
Empire divided into Mandates
Great Britain and France made secret plans to divide much of it between themselves. They signed a secret treaty called the Sykes-Picot Agreement in May 1916. This agreement recognized French and British claims in different parts of Greater Syria. It also granted Great Britain control of Iraq.This secret agreement came just weeks after Britain had promised Hussein ibn Ali, the emir of Mecca, that Mecca would be an independent Arab state in return for Arab help against the Ottomans in the war. -
Zionism, Creation of Israel
In 1917, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, announcing its support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” The Balfour Declaration reflected the growth of Zionism, a nationalist movement that called for Europe’s Jews to move to their ancient homeland: namely, the belief in the right to self-determination for the Jewish people. -
Palestine vs Israel
Both Jews and Palestinian Arabs have historic claims to the area in the eastern MediterraneanJews and Arabs alike used Palestine as an informal regional name in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Today, both Jews and Palestinian Arabs considers the land their ancestral home. Israel and its Arab neighbors remained in a state of tension after the 1948 war. The Arab states refused to recognize the State of Israel or its right to exist, and Israel remained on guard against future attacks. -
Iraq War
The Iraqi Civil War was an armed conflict between Iraqi forces and their allies and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) which began in December 2013 and ended in December 2017. In 2013, the ISIL insurgency escalated into a full-scale war with the conquest of Ramadi, Fallujah, Mosul, Tikrit and in the major areas of northern Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. At its height, ISIL held 56,000 square kilometers of Iraqi territory, containing 4.5 million citizens.
