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Sykes-Picot Accord
The Sykes-Picot accord was a secret agreement between the governments of the United Kingdom and France in which they defined their cosen spheres of influence and control in the Middle East. As a consequence, the accord negated many of the promices by T.E. Lawrence of an Arab homeland in Greater Syria; thus, diverting the course of the Arab world's future forever. -
Balfour Declaration
The Balfour Declaration was a letter from the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour to Baron Rothschild (Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild), a leader of the British Jewish community. In it, Balfour looks favorably upon the creation of a Jewish homeland in Palestine in spite of the 'indirect' promises made to King Abdullah I and other Arab leaders. -
Treaty of Sèvres
The treaty of Sevres is was one off the four major treaties in the Paris Peace Conference in which the cruel fate of the Ottoman Empire was decided. Moreover, it made possible, through the Sykes-Picot Accord, the creation of the French and British Mandates in the Middle East after the Ottoman Empire was ultimately divided. -
The Holocaust
The Holocasut was was the systematic killing of six million Jews in Euroe under the Third Reich and Hitler. What is significant about these killing, is that in the haste to save the Jews, the allies deported many of them. Therefore, the trekle of 10,000 Jews to Palestin increased by many folds, which cause many problems and was one of the reasons why Palestine looks like this today. -
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World War II
Of its endless effects on the world, we are concerned with the holocasut. The early forms of the holocaust were more like porgroms, but this changed with the outbreak of the World War. the difussion of Israelis into Palestine became ridiculous as concentration camps casualties increased astounddingly. -
Palestine War/ al-Nakba
The Nakba marks the beginning point of Israeli dominance in Palestine. After this war, Palestine was divided into two territories belonging to the Israeli and Palestinian governments. While it was known as a catastrophe for the Palestinians, it became the Jewish independence catalyzer. -
The Six Day war/ The Naksa
This is the point were Isralis were looked upon as undefeatable afte they completely outmachd Jordan, Syria, and Egypt in this war which only lasted six days. Not only was this a big defea for the Arabs, but it also marked he siezation of many territories by the Israelis such as the Golan heights, the west bank, and the Sinai Peninsula. -
The October War
The war had far-reaching implications. The Arab World, which had been humiliated by the lopsided rout of the Egyptian–Syrian–Jordanian alliance in the Six-Day War, felt psychologically vindicated by early successes in the conflict. In Israel, despite impressive operational and tactical achievements on the battlefield, the war effectively ended its sense of invincibility and complacency. in the aftermath, Egypt was able to gain parts of Sinai in turn for peace with Israel. -
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Iran–Iraq War
The Iran-Iraq war had a major role in the commencement of the gulf war, ultimatley. Other than that, it was a typical struggle to supress any form of Shia revolution on Iraq's behalf after they observed what happened during the Iranian revolution of 1979. In addition, it proved to the world that Ira might be a potential threat in the future since they were able to hold ou against Iran for ten years. -
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Gulf War
To begin with, this war was directly affected by the Iran-Iraq war; Iraq was indebted to many gulf countries and Kuwait asked for a repayment of the debt. Iraq was offended as it believed it saved the gulf from Iraian and Shia overturn. Moving on, Iraq invaded Kuwait but in a tun of events, the U.S. joined the war thus partially condeming Iraq and sending Saddam into hiding. Moreover, this marked the beginnig of excessive interference of the U.S in the Arabian Gulf.
