Dates Flashcards
France concqueres Alger
1830
Ottoman Empire most influent Empire on Earth
1683
Tanzimat reforms
1839
Arab revolts against Ottoman Empire
1916-17
Mc-Mahon-Husayn Correspondence
1915-16
Sykes-Picot Agreement
May 1916
Balfour Declaration
2 Nov 1917
Wilson’s 14 points
Jan 1918
Versailles Peace Conf
1919
San Remo Conf
April 1920
British treaty with Egypt
1922
Iraqi revolt against British
1920
Iraq’s independence
3 oct 1932
Egypt’s independence
1922
SA + Iraq’s independence
1932
Lebanon’s independence
1943
Creation of Arab League
1944
Transjordan + Syria’s independence
1946
Morocco + Tunisia’s independence
1956
creation of state of Israel
1948
start of Containment strategy
1947
USSR/UK invasion of Iran
Aug 1941
Joint Allied Declaration
dec 1943
Soviets withdraw from Iran
may 1946
coup in Iran
1953
Bandung conf
1955
Mossadegh elected by Parliament
April 1951
Cento established by Baghdad pact
1955
Iraq’s revolution
1958
Cento dissolved
1979
Coup in Iraq
1963
oil boom
1973-82
Iran-Iraq war
1980-88
First Gulf war
1990-91
2nd Gulf war
2003