Dates Flashcards
Palestine British mandate
1920-1948
Syria French mandate
1920-1946
Faisal becomes king of Iraq
1921
Egypt given limited independence
1922
The White Paper (Statement of British policy in Mandatory Palestine)
1939
UN Votes for partition of Palestine
1947
State of Israel declared
1948
King Abudullah assassinated
1951
Suez campaign
1956
Egypt and Syria found UAR
1958
Six Day War
1967
Black September
1970
Yom Kippur War
1973
Civil War in Lebanon
1975-1990
Peace Treaty between Israel-Egypt
1979
Iranian Islamic revolution
1979
Iran-Iraq War
1980-1988
Anwar Sadat Assassinated
1981
(First) Gulf War
1990-1991
Peace Treaty between Israel–Jordan
1994
Second Intifadah breaks out
2000
US invades Iraq
2003
Mubarak Resigns
2011
Beginning of the Syrian civil war
2011
Jamal Khashoggi killed
2018
Gen. Qassim Suleimani assassinated
2020