Middle East History

  • 1299

    1299 Ottoman empire was created

    1299 Ottoman empire was created
    The Ottoman empire was created in the modern day country of turkey. They spread out though the middle east and northern Africa over there regain.
  • 1900's

    1900's
    European country's invade the middle east. The reasoning for this is for oil.
  • 1918

    1918
    France and Great Britain sing the San Reno agreement. This was to split up the middle east.
  • 1922

    1922
    The British start to show interest in Zionism. Zionism is when the jew's wanted to Establish a Jewish Nation
  • 1922

    1922
    The Ottoman Empire fall's. This happened after they lost with there allies Germany
  • 1936

    Jew's come into the middle east from Europe. Arabs revolt against this action.
  • 1946

    1946
    There is a bombing ant the king David hotel. Which is located in the holy city of Jerusalem
  • 1948

    1948
    The state of Israel was created. Palestinians did not a agree with this.
  • 1967

    1967
    The Six Day war. This was between Israel and the Arab country's of Egypt, Syria, and Jordan
  • 1972

    1972
    11 Members of the Israel's Olympic national team and 1 German officer were taken hostage and killed at the Munich Olympic by Palestinian terrorist group black September.
  • 1978

    1978
    Egypt and Israel sing a peace treaty
  • 1979

    1979
    Egypt is kicked out of the Arab league.
  • 1990

    1990
    Iraq invade's Kuwait.
  • 1994

    Iraq leaves Kuwait.
  • 1994

    Israel and Jordan sing peace treaty.
  • 2011

    Osama Bin Laden was killed in Afghanistan