oct-dec Flashcards
what treaty did Italy and France divided southwestern Anatolia into Independent Armenian state
treaty of sevres (1920)
the ideology in the Arab-speaking provinces
ottomanism
what countries were created by europeans when ottoman empire was split and given to different european countries
palestine, syria, iran, etc.
three groups that fought hard to save the Ottoman Empire
the young turks
what did the young turks turn into
The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP)
who were the cup against and why
armenians due to paranoia of ethnic communities and believing they sided with the russians
Secret treaty in May 1916 that divided Arab Middle East
the sykes-picot agreement
what was the veiling situation under mustafa kemal’s rule
veiling was banned in public institutions, western clothing became the inspiration
what happened in 1950s iran?
english-soviet invasion deposes shah and makes his incompetent son the new shah
who did The UK/US illegally remove him from the country and he is replaced with the Shah
muhammad mossadegh
what did muhammad mossadegh want?
for all of iran’s oil to be nationalized
when was the islamic revolution
1979
what was the situation for iranian women after khomeini comes to power?
marriage/divorce rights taken, forced to veil. discouraged from working outside the home
what was the arabian peninsula deemed as (pre wwii)?
passage to get to india
what made the arabian peninsula “important”?
oil
