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Birth Of Islam
The birth of Islam was a main part of Muslim's religion but they were split into Shia and Sunni Muslims. This eventually will cause problems in countries because of the differences and an example of that is Iraq and Iran and the conflict between them. -
Period: 622 to 750
Islamic Empire Expansion
Islamic empires were made and this was called the Islamic Caliphate and this helped Islam to be more known. The empires created were Ummayad, Safavid, Abbasid, Ottoman empires -
Ottoman Empire Falling
The Ottoman Empire was the longest-lasting dynasty in Islam and in the world. The Ottoman Empire fell in 1922 at the end of WW1 because they sided with Germany but this created the country of Turkey to be created
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Post WW1 Countries
Most countries in the Middle East were controlled by the British and French but Turkey and Iran were independent. The British and French land were called mandates because they weren't supposed to be there forever just until a stable government was made. -
Post WW2
All the mandates and territories turned into their own countries because post WW2 no country could afford their territories/mandates. The areas that became countries are Iran, Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon. -
OPEC
OPEC is the organization of petroleum exporting countries. It's the oil reserves in the Persian Gulf The members are Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. It's important because the US and China are the biggest users of oil and because it's the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea connects to the Mediterranean Sea and that's the route for trading.
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Iran Elections
In this election, the US and British got involved. The US and British backed up Shah Pahlavi Raza and he was running against the communist party candidate which is Mossadaq. Mossadaq eventually got cancer and left the country for treatment in this time Ayatollah Khomani, who was removed from Iran, came back into the country and overthrew Mossadaq and became Iran's leader. -
Iranian Revolution
66 American hostages were taken causing the US to not like Iran. The revolution ended modernization in Iran and this led the society to go backward and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to become the leader.
Iranian Revolution
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Iran-Iraq War
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