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Middle East
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- 1Outbreak of WWI; Ottoman Empire Aligned with Germany1914 Turkey allies with Germany because of common geo-strategic and financial interests
- 2Hussein-McMahon Correspondence1915-1916 Britain promises Palestine land if they declare Jihad or Holy War on Ottoman Empire
- 3Sykes-Picot Agreement1916 - Great Britain and France secretly divide the Ottoman Empire into spheres of influence for after the war
- 4Balfour Declaration1917 Britain promises Jewish homeland in Palestine
- 5Treaty of Sevres1920 The Allies split up the Ottoman Empire
- 6Cairo Conference1921 Meeting of Britain's Middle East experts (Iraq and Transjordan)
- 7Peace Conference Mandates1920-1922 Britain (Palestine, Iraq/Mesopotamia, Transjordan), France (Syria, Lebanon)
- 8Treaty of Lausanne1923 Final peace treaty concluding WWI, recognized new boundaries of Turkey
- 9Turkish Republic Established1923 "Ataturk"
- 10Iraq granted formal independence1932
- 11Great Arab Revolt in Palestine1936-1939
- 12Peel Commission1937 Lord Peel goes to Palestine to investigate the problem
- 13White Paper1939 Britain's plan to make one Palestine state with a limit on Jewish immigration
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- Normal History of International Relations 1900-1945 Flashcards on Middle East, created by Seya Fadullon on 09/12/2015.
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