Early Mesopotamian Civilizations
Expansion and Contraction of Mesopotamian Empires
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The Modern Era
From 1900
- 1901: Oil discovered in Persia
- 1906: Muslim League in India is founded.
- 1908: "Young Turk" revolution.
- Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina
- 1912-1913: First Balkan War
- 1913: "Young Turk" coup.
- 1914: Ottoman Empire enters WWI.
- 1917: Balfour Declaration on Palestine
- 1921: Reza Khan stages coup in Persia.
- 1923: Republic of Turkey is established
- 1925: Reza Khan proclaims himself Shah. Founds Pahlavi dynasty in Iran.
- 1932: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is established
- 1947: Partition of India into Pakistan and India
- 1948: Proclamation of the state of Israel.
- First Arab-Israeli War.
- 1953: Proclamation of the Egyptian Republic.
- 1956: Nassar Nationalizes the Suez Canal.
- 1958: Monarchy in Iraq is overthrown.
- 1967: Six-Day War.
- 1968: Ba'ath Party coup in Iraq.
- 1971: War between India and Pakistan.
- Bangladesh receives independence.
- 1973: The Yom Kippur War
- 1979: Islamic Revolution in Iran.
- 1980-1988: Iran-Iraq War.
- 1988: First intifada begins.
- 1990-1991: The Gulf War.
- 2001: Attack on the World Trade Center in New York.
- The United States attacks Talliban in Afghanistan.
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