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Lesson #2b Revolutions in the Middle East
IRAQ IRAN TURKEY KURDS ARMENIANS LEBANON EGYPT
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TURKEY Turks controlled all of the Ottoman Empire up until WWI
Ottomans lost WWI (were on the German side) Ottoman Empire splintered into “mandates” Turkish nationalists pushed to modernize – led by Ataturk
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ARMENIANS 1.5 million deaths, 1915
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IRAQ SADDAM HUSSEIN Saddam to Power 1979 Attacked Iran 1980
Iran – Iraq War Attacked Kuwait 1990
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KURDS Independent people Hoping for a free nation someday
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KURDS
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LEBANON Government: Confessionalism (power sharing by religions)
Civil War – Controlled by terrorist organization Hezbollah
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Palestinians Yassir Arafat
Have been hoping for a free nation since 1919 Israel now controls all Palestinian land Gaza Strip West Bank Yassir Arafat
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UNITED ARAB STATES Raffles Hotel Dubai Emirates Palace, Dhabi
Burj Dubai $4,000/sq.ft Offices and condos 2,500 ft. tall (almost 2x Empire State Blg) $15,365/night Burj Al Arab, Dubai (Tower of the Arabs)
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IRAN President Amadinijad Shah of Iran Ayatollah Khomeini
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