1. What is a Revolution?

2. What is “Revolution”
Revolution- a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
What makes a revolution successful? Who would classify it as successful?
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3. Arab Spring

4. Background Also known as the Arab revolutions
*Revolutionary wave of violent and non-violent demonstrations, riots, coups, protests, and civil wars
*Occurred in the Middle East and Northern Africa
*Began December 17, 2010 with the Tunisian Revolution
*The effect of the revolution spread to five other countries
Libya
Egypt
Yemen
Syria
Iraq

5. Background Cont.
The major “slogan” for these revolutions was “The people want to bring down the regime”
*Initial protests died down mid 2012, and were met with violent responses from the authorities and pro- government militias
*Conflict was essentially between a consolidation of power by religious elites, and those wanting democracy in these Muslim majority countries.
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6. What countries were involved? Africa
Tunisia
Algeria
Libya
Egypt
Morocco
Sudan
Dijbouti
Mauritania

7. Countries involved- Middle East
Jordan
Oman
Yemen
Iraq
Bahrain
Kuwait
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Iran
Palestine/Borders of Israel

8. Causes
*The young generation was peacefully rising up against oppressive authoritarianism to secure a more democratic political system and a brighter economic future.
Believed to be instigated by dissatisfaction with the* rule of local government, income gaps, and pressures caused by the great recession

9. *More causes Issues with the current dictatorship/absolute monarchy
Human rights violations
Political corruption
Economic decline
Unemployment
Poverty
Concentration of wealth in the hands of those in power.