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Constantinople was the capital city of the Roman Empire, which later became Istanbul
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The Ottoman Empire was one of the strongest and longest lasting dynasties in history.
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(July 1925 to June 1927) The Great Syrian Revolt was an uprising that was supposed to get rid of the French who had been in control of the area since the end of World War One.
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Israel was officially declared an independent state with David Ben Gurion as the prime minister.
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(June 5 to June 10, 1967) The war was fought by Israel and neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
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(September 1970-July 17, 1971) carried out terrorist attacks against Israeli and Jordanian targets worldwide.
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At the 1972 Olympics, members of the Black September Organization took 11 Israeli athletes hostage, and later exacuted them after a German rescue plan went wrong
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(Oct. 6, 1973-Oct. 24, 1973) The Yom Kippur War was a war fought by a coilation of Arab states against Israel
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The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by the Egyptian President and the Israeli Prime Minister
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(Nov. 4, 1979-Jan. 20, 1981) 52 American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days
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(Sept. 22, 1980-Aug 20. 1988) The war began when Iraq invaded Iran, and it ended when Iran accepted UN's ceasefire
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Palestine officially became its own state in 1988
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(Aug. 2, 1990- Feb. 28, 1991) The Persian Gulf War was a conflict between Iran and the UN and led by the U.S.
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After 9 years of searching, the US finally found the Iraqi Dictator in a hole with an assult rifle and 750,000 dollars in cash
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The Arab Spring was a series of anti government protest, uprisings, and armed rebellions.
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( Jan. 1, 2014-Dec. 9, 2017) The Iraqi isurgency escalated into a war
