Download Middle East History and Conflicts: From Mesopotamia to the Gulf Wars and Israel-Palestine and more Exams Geography in PDF only on Docsity! MIDDLE EAST Good luck. Don’t fail. You need this class to graduate. MESOPOTAMIA “Land amidst the rivers” KUWAIT INVASION Started the first Gulf War Illegal invasion Kuwait is one of the largest oil producing countries We don’t want another Hitler situation Sudam’s argument: Kuwait’s oil is actually Iraq’s oil because it comes from their soil and is only surfaced in Kuwait.” IRAQ-IRAN WAR Iran: Chine, North Korea, and Syria Iraq: US, Russia, and France 1 million lives lost US supports Iraq, but doesn’t want them to win Sudam has to prove to his country that he can lead them during war Iran is going through a revolution IRAN CONTRASCANDAL US is allied with Israel, so they sell Israel weapons to sell to Iran so Iraq won’t win Both countries stop fighting because everyone is doing dirty, undercover work Reagan claimed to know nothing about the contrascandal Oliver North takes the blame We shot down a plane into the Persian Gulf, but it ended up being a passenger plane MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO Consisted of representatives from 80% of the world population Made the United Nations to keep from a WWIII Went into WWII, due to the League of Nations KURDS Remaining of Ottoman Empire (Northern Iraq, Syria, Turkey) Doesn’t like Sudam They’re the reason there was a “No Fly Zone” Couldn’t fly North of 36th parallel, or South of 33rd parallel Supported Iran in Iraq/Iran War KURDS CONT. Rebelled against Iraq government during First Gulf War Distinct ethnic group without their own nations Goal: Kurdistan- Northern Iraq ISIS won’t go near them Helped US during First Gulf War Protected by USA WESTERN WALL All that is left of the first temple People write a prayer on paper, stick it in a crack in a wall, and your prayer will be answers PALESTINIAN LIBERATION ORGANIZATION Terror group Rep. by Yasiir Arafat SUDAM HUSSEIN Stalin is his hero Raised by his uncle Completed high school in Cairo, Egypt because he was kicked out of Iraq for a failed assassination attempt to Iraq’s leader Returns to Iraq and is immediately jailed for 2 years Ends up joining their military and becoming Chief of Iraq Security Forces When President got sick, he helped him and became new president when the old one died 6 DAY WAR Egypt refers to Israel as “Palestine” Jordan tells Israel if they fight Egypt, they won’t have their support Israel wants to dismantle Egypt’s air force; they do a surprise attack In 1 day, the air force is dismantled In 6 days, Israel defeats: Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanan 6 DAY WAR CONT. At the end of the war, Israel has Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights Egyptians think God is upset with them A lot of people think that until Israel gets this land again, Jesus won’t return Less that 800 Israeli’s dead ISLAM Quran: holy book (Chapters go longest to shortest) Five Pillars of Faith: Alms-giving; Prayer 5 times a day; Pilgrimage to Mecca; Repeated expressions of Creed; 1 month of fasting Wouldn’t have the Shiate’s if Muhammad wasn’t born 85% of Muslims are Sunni’s
