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MIDDLE EAST

MIDDLE EAST . MODERN MIDDLE EAST CHAPTER 23 SECTION 1. EARLY RULE. Mid 600’s land is conquered by Islam Most people begin to follow Islam Christians and Jews continue to follow their own religion. Early Rule (cont.). For 150 Years Islam rules Seljuk Turks conquer and rule 400 years

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MIDDLE EAST

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  1. MIDDLE EAST MODERN MIDDLE EAST CHAPTER 23 SECTION 1

  2. EARLY RULE • Mid 600’s land is conquered by Islam • Most people begin to follow Islam • Christians and Jews continue to follow their own religion

  3. Early Rule (cont.) • For 150 Years Islam rules • Seljuk Turks conquer and rule 400 years • Ottoman Turks then seize control

  4. Ottoman Rule • Ottomans allowed free practice of religion and did not impose Islamic Law • 1700’s rivalry and division grows among various groups. • Ottoman empire begins to weaken by mid 1800’s

  5. World War I • Ottoman Empire was on the losing side in WWI • European powers worked out division of Middle East before WWI was over • Britain wanted to establish a hold in the Middle East

  6. Secret Negotiations • Britain gets Arabs to revolt • Broken Promise

  7. Arabs and Jews • Mid 1940’s Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon gain independence • Palestine becomes an issue • One country two people groups

  8. Zionist Movement • 1800’s 10 million Jews around the world • Jews were oppressed • Best answer, Return to Palestine • 1882 First immigrants go to Palestine • By 1914 85,000 Jews had settled

  9. TWO PEOPLE, ONE LAND • 1917 British proclaim support for Jewish homeland • Arabs not happy • Jews and Arabs become violent

  10. WWII • Hitler comes to power in 1933 • Nazi Germany persecutes Jews • Jews flee to Palestine • 1939 Jews in Palestine is now 445,000 • Great Britain limits Jews immigrating to Palestine

  11. Creation of Israel • 6 million Jews die in Nazi Germany • Arab league opposes Jewish state • Great Britain withdraws from Palestine • United Nations takes over

  12. United Nations Plan • Divide Palestine into two parts • One Arab and One Jewish • Jerusalem • Jews accepted but Arabs did not

  13. Division Dispute • Arabs got less than one half of land • Arabs got worst of the land • Arabs warn division will lead to war • May 1948, Independent Nation of Israel announced

  14. War • Arabs attack within hours of announcement • End of 1948, Israel controlled three-fourths of Palestine • Jordan and Egypt claimed rest of land • Palestinians left with no land

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