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General Dates
Mcmahon hussein letters,
Sykes picot agreement start of ar...,
Balfour declaration
31  cards
Jewish Claim to Palestine
The state of israel created,
1880 1914,
British mandates
8  cards
Origins of problems in the Middle East
Weaknesses of the ottoman empire,
British interest,
French interest
8  cards
Mandates to 1921
Russia,
Britain,
Arab forces
10  cards
Britain between the wars
In the mandates,
Pressure for,
Transjordan independence
9  cards
Britain in Egypt
Revolution,
1922 declaration,
British interests
6  cards
Arab Rebellion 1936-39
Palestinian population,
Jewish agency,
Arab higher committee formed
14  cards
Britain in Palestine
Arab jewish riots,
Result of the riots,
Population
9  cards
Palestine 1946-48
Jewish agency,
Haganah,
Jewish terrorist groups
15  cards
Jewish and Arab Grievances
Jewish holocaust,
Diaspora of jews,
Conflict over resources
9  cards
The Jewish Agency
Established for,
Recruited,
After ww2
9  cards
First Arab-Israeli War 1948-49
Countries involved,
Palestinian arabs,
Main focus of fighting
18  cards
Israel and its neighbours 50s
Ceasefire gains egypt,
Ceasefire gains jordan,
Ceasefire gains syria
11  cards
the Suez Crisis 1956
Lead to,
Built in,
British troops
14  cards
Israel by 1956
Gains,
Population control,
Weaknesses
3  cards
Suez War 1956
Britain joined,
France joined,
Israel joined
16  cards
why 300,000 Palestinian's left Israel
One view,
Second view,
Mitchell bard
8  cards
Six Day War 1967
Causes,
Israeli action,
Reasons for israeli victory
13  cards
October War 1973
Palestinian arabs under,
Nasser and syria,
Artillery bombardment
16  cards
Causes and Consequences of Yom Kippur
War of attrition 1969 70,
6 october,
Sadats aims
5  cards
Oil in 1970s
Control of oil,
Oil producing nations,
Opec
7  cards
Palestinian refugees
1948 9 war,
Fled to,
Unrwa
12  cards
PLO
Set up in,
Disparate group,
Border raids
9  cards
PLO in 60s, 70s and 80s
Aims,
Plo attacks,
Fatah
10  cards
War in Lebanon 70s and 80s
1970,
1975,
1978
8  cards
Peace talks in 1970s
After,
Embargo of 1973,
Plo
13  cards
The first Intifada of 1987-93
Since 1967,
Israeli behaviour,
Dec 1987
11  cards
The Peace Process in 1990s
Camp david accords,
Restarted peace process,
Madrid conference
16  cards
Second Intifada 2000-2005
Underlying causes,
Oslo peace agreement,
Situations in wb and gaza
20  cards
arab nationalism up to 1948
What did the arabs want,
What united the arabs,
What did arab nationalists not want
16  cards
lines drawn in the sanfd
Drawn by sykes and picot,
Problems of a secret deal,
Tribal lines
8  cards
nasserism
Political control in egypt,
Resist pressure from muslim broth...,
Land reform
20  cards
how successful were GPs in achieving their aims
Securing their own strategic power,
Securing oil supplies,
Supporting israel
6  cards
turning point for Gp
Securing their strategic power,
Securing oil supplies,
Supporting israel
6  cards
post war Egypt
5 june 1967,
Defeat of 1967,
When sadat took over
7  cards
Syria 1908-1946
1918,
1919 20,
1920
14  cards
Saudi Arab 1932-2011
Abdul aziz,
Wahhabism,
Saudi government
9  cards
turkey
The turks are,
Mustafa kamal,
Although secular
7  cards
iran
Iranians,
Reza khan seized power,
After ww2
12  cards
iraq
Mainly,
1968,
During the 70s
30  cards
Gulf wars
Reasons for saddams invasion 1990,
Saddam tried to gain arab support,
Operation desert shield
9  cards
Pan-Arabism to Pan-Islamism
Why did it fail,
Pan arabism undermined,
A response
24  cards
aims of political Islam
Filling vacuum left by demise of ...,
Political power within individual...,
Politically uniting the islamic w...
6  cards
Britain and France in ME
Before ww1,
Ww1 and immediately after,
1921
27  cards

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