this land. In this essay the successes and failures of the British Mandate will be assessed. During war Britain made lots of promises to different nations‚ promises that with time were more difficult to be kept. The British signed the Sykes-Picot Agreement with the French saying that once war was over they would split up the Middle East between them to control that region. This promise was fulfilled once they managed to convince The League of Nations they were dominant powers and deserved to
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Jordan The future of a constitutional monarchy? Jen Payer The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a small but strategically located country positioned at the crossroads of what is referred to by Christians‚ Jews and Muslims as the Holy Land. (BBC‚ 2013) Jordan’s position in the Middle East is bordered by Syria to the North‚ Iraq on the East‚ Saudi Arabia to the south and the West Bank‚ Israel and the Dead Sea to the west. Slightly smaller than the state of Indiana‚ Jordan measures only 34‚440
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"Oct. 5 A bomber charged into a crowded seaside restaurant in this northern Israeli city on Saturday afternoon and detonated explosives that killed at least 19 people‚ besides herself. At least three of the dead were children" (NYTimes). This is just one of the few terrorist attacks that have come upon Israel in recent years. The land of Israel has been fought over more than any other land in history. Everybody who has been anybody in history has made their pass‚ or mark‚ in Israel. The question
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Nonetheless‚ Western imperialist rule over the Arab territories stood to be a significant physical [and mental] presence unfamiliar to the natives. Much different than past empires or dynasties‚ the British and French worked cooperatively‚ under the Sykes-Picot Agreement‚ in a mandate selection process with the posed objective of prepping the mandates for subsequent independence. Many years later‚ the colonial-constructed Arab state system is at a present downfall; known today as the Arab Spring. Empirical
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The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Why Palestine should be granted nationhood Omar Azraq World History Mr. Nicolai May 13th‚ 2013 Palestine‚ or is it Israel? Either way‚ it is a highly contested land between two major Semitic groups: the Arabs‚ and the Hebrews. From the late 19th century‚ and throughout the 20th century it has been the focal point of Arab nationalism and Jewish Zionism. Today‚ it has become the Jewish state of Israel with occupied Palestinian Territories called the
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 Geography of Lebanon Lebanon is today a small republic stretching approximately 160 kilometers along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea with a total area of 10‚452 kilometers square and an estimated population of 3‚874‚050 according to an independent 2006 estimate‚ including Palestinian refugees and foreign workers‚ mainly Syrian. Lebanese territory is dominated mostly by mountains which consist of the parallel ranges of the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon. Between the Lebanon
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Analyze the major causes of instability in Palestine from 1917-1939 The first noticeable signs of tensions between Arabs and Jews in Palestine can be observed at the dawn of the 1920s‚ following the First World War. In the 1920s and the 1930s‚ clashes between both religious groups became more and more imminent‚ but they were nothing but the short term causes of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Rather‚ the long term and roots of this conflict can be found in the late 19th century‚ when rising anti-Semitism
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have a God-given right to. Since the creation of the state of Israel‚ a recurring struggle between the Arabs and Israelis has taken place‚ often resulting in violence‚ causing countless deaths. Numerous peace talks have been held‚ but almost all agreements have crumbled. It is difficult to find an objective view of this conflict as there are so many interpretations. Even the ‘impartial’ BBC has been criticised by both sides for its reporting of Israeli tactics and its refusal to publicise the
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Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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------------------------------------------------- Etymology Main article: Name of Syria The name Syria is derived from the ancient Greek name for Syrians: Σύριοι‚ Sýrioi‚ or Σύροι‚ Sýroi‚ which the Greeks applied without distinction to theAssyrians.[16][17] A number of modern scholars argued that the Greek word related to the cognate Ἀσσυρία‚ Assyria‚ ultimately derived from the AkkadianAššur.[18] Others believed that it was derived from Siryon‚ the name that the Sidonians gave to Mount Hermon
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