Dates Flashcards
1
Q
France concqueres Alger
A
1830
2
Q
Ottoman Empire most influent Empire on Earth
A
1683
3
Q
Tanzimat reforms
A
1839
4
Q
Arab revolts against Ottoman Empire
A
1916-17
5
Q
Mc-Mahon-Husayn Correspondence
A
1915-16
6
Q
Sykes-Picot Agreement
A
May 1916
7
Q
Balfour Declaration
A
2 Nov 1917
8
Q
Wilson’s 14 points
A
Jan 1918
9
Q
Versailles Peace Conf
A
1919
10
Q
San Remo Conf
A
April 1920
11
Q
British treaty with Egypt
A
1922
12
Q
Iraqi revolt against British
A
1920
13
Q
Iraq’s independence
A
3 oct 1932
14
Q
Egypt’s independence
A
1922
15
Q
SA + Iraq’s independence
A
1932
16
Q
Lebanon’s independence
A
1943
17
Q
Creation of Arab League
A
1944
18
Q
Transjordan + Syria’s independence
A
1946
19
Q
Morocco + Tunisia’s independence
A
1956
20
Q
creation of state of Israel
A
1948
21
Q
start of Containment strategy
A
1947
22
Q
USSR/UK invasion of Iran
A
Aug 1941
23
Q
Joint Allied Declaration
A
dec 1943
24
Q
Soviets withdraw from Iran
A
may 1946
25
coup in Iran
1953
26
Bandung conf
1955
27
Mossadegh elected by Parliament
April 1951
28
Cento established by Baghdad pact
1955
29
Iraq's revolution
1958
30
Cento dissolved
1979
31
Coup in Iraq
1963
32
oil boom
1973-82
33
Iran-Iraq war
1980-88
34
First Gulf war
1990-91
35
2nd Gulf war
2003
36
Nasser president
1956
37
Nasser decides to nationalize Suez Canal
26 July 1956
38
UK and France seize Suez Canal
oct-nov 1956
39
Eisenhower forces French, UK, Israelis to withdraw from US canal
Jan 1957
40
United Arab Rep
1958-61
41
Muslim Brotherhood founded
1928
42
Iran's Islamic Rev
1979
43
Hezbollah founded
1982
44
Twi-Pillar strategy
1970s
45
Oil Revolution
1973-74
46
Algiers Agreements
1975
47
1st recoded use of chemical weapons by Iraq
1984
48
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
1981
49
Iranian hostage crisis
1979-80
50
Israel invades Lebanon
June 1982
51
Islamic suicide bombing against US embassy in Lebanon
18 April 1983
52
Reagan orders US fleet in the Gulf of Sidra
march 1986
53
US aerial bombing of Libyan air force and Qaddafi's residence
April 1986
54
Tanker War
1984-86
55
Red Line Agreement
1928
56
Obama's election
2008
57
oil-producing states nationalize oil industries
1971
58
Al-Yamamah arms sales
1985-2006
59
Euro-Mediterranean partnership
1995
60
Operation Harmattan
Mar-Oct 2011
61
Qaddafi killed by local rebels
Oct 2011
62
EU organizes new Palestinian legislative elections
Jan 2006
63
Turkish War of Independence
1919-23
64
Republic of Mahabad declared
Jan-Dec 1946
65
Iraqi states recognizes Kurdish as an automous region
1970
66
Hussein's military campaign to crush Kurds in Iraq
1987-88
67
Kurds take Raqqa from ISIS
2017
68
Colin Powell presents the UN Sec Council with fake evidence of Iraqi WMD
5 Feb 2003
69
UK commits to follow US lead in Iraq
Mar 2002
70
US Congress authorizes use of force against Iraq
Oct 2002
71
Treaty of Westphalia
1648
72
Congress of Vienna
1814-15
73
Protests in Cairo
2011
74
Bouazizi's self-immolation
4 dec 2010
75
Tunisia becoms a parliamentary Rep
Oct 2014
76
ISIS birth
2006
77
ISIS attack in Tunisia
26 June 2015
78
ISIS attack in Paris
13 Nov 2015
79
ISIS attack in Brussels
22 March 2016
80
ISIS attack in Istanbul
28 June 2016
81
ISIS attack in Dhaka
1-2 July 2016
82
ISIS-affiliated attack in Nice
14 July 2016
83
ISIS attack in Manchester
22 May 2017
84
Arab Spring protests in Syria
March-July 2011
85
Russia begins airstrikes VS Syrian rebels
Sept 2015
86
US-Iran attacks exchange
27 Dec 2019-3 Jan 2020
87
China begins arms sales in ME
1980s
88
China becomes major oil importer in the ME
1990s
