– Libya again invades the Aouzzou strip in northern Chad, and this time goes on to a full invasion and occupation of the capital city, Njamena, on behalf of the Chadian opposition, the Transitional National Government (GUNT). – Death of Taha Hussein on October 28. – Anwar al-Sadat in Egypt seeks to consolidate his hegemony over the squabbling factions of the Revolutionary Command Council. This public challenge earns Yacine several years’ internship in a psychiatric hospital and in jail, and he is later placed under house arrest. – Transjordan is renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. 18th Century. -Mohandas Gandhi begins his movement of non-cooperation with the British in India. The group responsible for Sadat’s assassination is called al-Jihad al-Islami (Islamic Jihad) ; it infiltrated the army and recruited officers to carry out the plot. The UN Security Council passes Resolution 242, calling for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from all occupied territories captured during the Six-Day War, declaring the right of all states to live in peace and security, and calling for a just resolution to the Palestinian “refugee problem.” The PLO rejects the reference to the Palestinians as merely a “refugee problem.” Egypt and Syria accept the resolution, but Israel rejects it. – Edward Said, a prominent Palestinian-American intellectual, publishes Orientalism, one of the most influential works of cultural criticism to appear in the latter half of the 20th century. – Rawiya Attiya is elected as Egypt’s first female member of parliament, after women in Egypt have had the right to vote since the year before. – King Hassan II survives a second military coup attempt and executes or jails all those who participated in the plot or who are connected somehow to its authors, including their families. 1926 April - Reza Khan crowned Reza Shah Pahlavi. However, the Arab revolt he calls for in 1916 receives support only among the few tribes loyal to him. In May 1916 the governments of the United Kingdom, France and Russia agreed the Sykes–Picot Agreement, which defined their proposed spheres of influence and control in Western Asia should the Triple Entente succeed in defeating the Ottoman Empire during World War I. -The Ottoman government determines that the Armenian population is a wartime security threat to the empire. By 1936, it will have 130 schools in the city of Constantine alone, which teach Arabic to pupils and instill in them a national identity based on Ben Badis’ slogan, “Islam is my religion, Arabic is my language, Algeria is my homeland.”. – In November, an Islamic radical Juhayman al-Oteibi and a band of armed followers seize control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, charging the Saudi royal family with un-Islamic behavior and allowing Western influence to permeate society. The book critically examines Western depictions of the Orient — in particular, the Islamic World. Osman I was the leader of the Ottoman Turks and the founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire. The scandal shakes the foundations of the Saudi dynasty, whose claim to legitimacy rests on their protection of the holy places. The organization will become the main instrument of resistance to the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Israeli leaders ask for help from U.S. President Richard Nixon, who immediately orders a massive airlift of military equipment. The British mandate acquires jurisdiction de jure over Palestine. Islamist militants in the Egyptian army assassinate President Sadat during a military parade commemorating the October 1973 War. Superior in firepower, organization, and determination, Israel pushes back the invading armies and a cease-fire is declared in July. The Palestinians, armed mostly with stones, are vastly outgunned and thousands will be killed in the first three years alone. – In May, Libya sends a delegation to Israel for pilgrimage to the al-Aqsa mosque. Mustapha Kemal is elected President of Turkey. The tools were primarily made of quartzite. The treaty will last less than two years. Sadat’s visit causes massive public euphoria among Israelis, who, for the first time, see an Arab leader coming to them offering peace and coexistence. All of those linked to Sadat’s assassination are executed. In Algeria, President Boumediene initiates a program of agrarian reform and nationalizes all foreign interests in the hydrocarbons industry. Pierre Gemayel, a Maronite Christian, becomes leader of the Phalange party, a right-wing militant Christian group in Lebanon. The embargo causes economic hardship in the West and increases oil prices. – The Moroccan Tahar Ben Jelloun becomes the first Francophone writer from the Arab World to receive the prestigious Prix Goncourt in France, for his novel La Nuit Sacré (The Sacred Night) . The West Bank is annexed by Jordan, while the Gaza Strip falls under Egyptian control. This theory will form the backbone of Libya’s official ideology and is published in Qadhafi’s Green Book . Egypt is shunned by its fellow Arab states and expelled from the Arab League, whose headquarters are consequently moved to Tunis. The protest is brutally suppressed by security forces. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt visits Jerusalem. – After Lebanon and Syria fall under the control of the French Vichy government, Britain invades them and put Free French supporters in charge. The Moroccan people overwhelmingly reject the divisive decree and Moroccan nationalism gains momentum. – Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria achieve independence from Britain and France. – Yasser Arafat and other Palestinian leaders return to Jericho in the West Bank, as stipulated by the Oslo I agreement, and create the Palestinian Authority, which will assume administrative and security control over the areas evacuated by Israel in the West Bank and Gaza. Within days, more than 25 countries recognize the Palestinian government-in-exile. The Sanusiyah Sufi brotherhood mobilizes a popular resistance movement, but the Italians, after a brutal campaign, make the area a settler colony. The rest of the Arab world is shocked. As the timeline below, we are introducing some remarkable events at Europe and Middle East during the Medieval periods. – UN Resolutions 731 and 748 impose sanctions on Libya for its alleged role in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and for the bombing of a French UTA plane that exploded over Niger. – The Maghreb Unity Congress, held in Tangier on April 27th-30th and attended by Moroccan, Algerian and Tunisian nationalists, recommends the establishment of an Algerian government-in-exile and the establishment of a permanent secretariat to promote Maghreb unity. – Libya and Tunisia sign the Djerba Treaty of Unity, under the terms of which Tunisia will hold the presidency and Libya the defense ministry. The FIS party is banned and more of its leaders and militants arrested. As a result, many Palestinian Arabs are dispossessed of their land to make room for the newcomers. Prior to the 1952 coup, Sadat had been engaged in violent activities against the British presence in Egypt, and was imprisoned for his role in the assassination of Amin Othman. Hamas decides to retaliate by beginning a campaign of suicide bombings against Israelis. See an image here. The partition plan, which allocates approximately 55% of the most fertile land to the Jewish state, is approved by the UN General Assembly, and Britain agrees to withdraw from Palestine by May 15, 1948. It examines major political, social, intellectual and cultural issues and practices. The renunciation of Turkish claims over non-Turkish territories of the Ottoman Empire is formalized in the Treaty of Lausanne. – Kurds in northeastern Iraq rebel against the rule of Abdul-Karim Qasim, whose inability to put down the revolt will contribute to his downfall two years later. He was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death. A Special UN Commission on Palestine recommends the partition of historic Palestine into two separate states, one Jewish and the other Arab, with Jerusalem placed under international supervision. – Kuwait, which is part of the Ottoman province of Basra, is declared a protectorate by Britain, with the aim of blocking a potential Ottoman challenge and a planned German-sponsored railway through the region, which might pose a threat to British interests in the area and in India. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea with the latter. 1400s. Share. Jordan , which is officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. 1600s. The Tangier American Legation Museuem is established in Tangier, Morocco. The Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Storm (17 January 1991 – 28 February 1991) commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a UN-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. The Israeli air force bombs the PLO headquarters in Tunis. – Libya invades the Aouzzou strip in northern Chad, claiming it as Libyan territory. At the time, Jews are approximately half the Palestinian population and own about 7% of the land. The National Concord is approved by popular referendum and thousands of armed rebels surrender. It also focuses on important events, movements, and ideas that prevailed during the last century and affect its … Abdullah is crowned King of Jordan. After years of increasing financial and political domination by foreign interests — primarily France and Spain — Morocco officially becomes a French protectorate under the Treaty of Fez signed on March 30th. Iraq also claims that Kuwait has been cheating on its exploitation quota for a jointly-owned oil well located on their common border. 21st Century. He became emperor in 1930, but it wasn't until 1935 that he came to worldwide prominence, following a key address at the League of Nations. -Fidel Castro leads the Cuban Revolution. With Nazism on the rise in Germany, Jewish immigration to Palestine increases rasing the Jewish population of the region from approximately 8% to around 30%. History of Europe - History of Europe - The middle 19th century: During the half century when Romanticism was deploying its talents and ideas, the political minds inside or outside Romanticist culture were engaged in the effort to settle—each party or group or theory in its own way—the legacy of 1789. See the article “Frontiers in North Africa” for more about events leading up to this agreement and its consequences in the region. In later years, the event will be commemorated annually as the “Amazigh Spring,” and will serve as a yearly opportunity to demand that Tamazight, the Berber language be considered an official national language of Algeria and be taught in schools. Timeline – European 19th – Early 20th Century Middle East Intervention and Middle East Uprisings. As a result of the Accords, Egypt begins to receive economic and military aid from the United States, as both a reward for the peace treaty and a compensation for the billions of dollars in economic aid that Egypt used to receive from the oil-rich Arab countries. – The Egyptian Naguib Mahfouz becomes the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Ahmad Ben Bella, one of the leaders of the Algerian revolution, is declared president of a new regime characterized by populism and a socialist orientation. – East and West Pakistan (later Bangladesh) erupt into civil war. Mesopotamia. Egyptian dispatches troops to support the new socialist republican regime, but they are met by the fierce resistance of royalist Yemeni tribal forces, which are themselves supported by Saudi Arabia, Iran and Jordan. – In Jordan, King Hussein declares martial law. Two weeks before his death, he designated his eldest son, Abdullah, as successor, replacing his brother Hassan who was Crown Prince for over four decades. France and the United States are critical of the accord, the main purpose of which is to boost the Libyan and Moroccan positions in regional political maneuverings. – Amazigh (Berber) Spring in Algeria. Their presence in the area having become untenable, the British hand the Palestine question to the United Nations. For the majority of Arabs within the Ottoman Empire, Hussein’s actions constitute a treasonous betrayal of the Sultan/Caliph. During the course of the Israeli invasion, Phalangist militia, allies of Israel, massacre hundreds of Palestinians in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila under the watchful eyes of the Israeli forces. The Ba’ath Party is the only existing political organization and all forms of free expression are severely curbed by a notoriously brutal secret police. Sayyid Qutb, a radical Islamist ideologue, is executed in Egypt by Nasser’s regime. World War II ends with an Allied victory and the establishment of the United Nations, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund. Arab leaders were among the foreign dignitaries who attended his funerals. – Iraq invades and annexes Kuwait. Public timelines; Search; Sign in; Sign up; 20th Century in Middle East Timeline created by harrypotterfan43. In accordance with their new status as distinct territorial entities, the new countries establish armies and adopt flags and anthems. As with the constitution of 1926, a power-sharing agreement called the National Pact guarantees that the president will always be a Maronite Christian. – Abdul-Karim Qasim, an army officer, becomes the ruler of Iraq after overthrowing the pro-Western monarch and prime minister. An international meeting attended by the prime ministers of Great Britain, France, and Italy, as well as representatives from Japan, Greece and Belgium, is held on April 19th-26th in San Remo, Italy, to decide the fate of territories formerly under Ottoman control. – Israeli forces withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula and hand Gaza over to UN control. See video here. Jordan got its independence in the 25th May 1946 , and since that time it became the Hashimite kingdom of Jordan. Under the Balfour Declaration, the British Cabinet promises to facilitate the creation of a Jewish “national home” in Palestine while protecting the civil and religious rights of the area’s existing population of approximately 690,000, made up of 535,000 Muslims, 70,000 Christians (most of whom are Arabs), and 85,000 Jews. Over the next several years, Bendjedid’s policies will strengthen the power of the sole legal party, the National Liberation Front (FLN), and will engage in liberal economic reforms intended to dismantle the socialist system build by his predecessor. For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein , was born in 15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) . Egyptian feminist Huda Sha’rawi founds the Egyptian Feminist Union. Palestinian guerrillas from the Black September organization take 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. By this time, most opposition figures jailed or exiled during the reign of the late Hassan II have been released or allowed to return to Morocco. Click here for video footage. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing control of the Dead Sea with the latter. He will remain president and supreme ruler of Syria and the Ba’ath Party until his death in 2000. Syrian forces repress an uprising led by the Muslim Brothers. American history and world history can be … To refer to a concept similar to that of today's Middle East but earlier in time… Hundreds of Muslim Brothers will be imprisoned and tortured, and thousands will flee to other Arab countries. – Raï music, formerly banned in Algeria, begins to get radio play in that country. The Middle ages has been a hot topic for centuries, which period was from the 5th all the way to the 15th century in Europe and the Middle East. Though relations between Nasser and the United States were initially warm, Nasser’s policies of positive neutralism, his antagonism towards oil-rich Gulf monarchies, his call for Arab nationalism, and his opposition to the Baghdad Pact have angered the United States, which comes to view him as an obstacle to its objectives in the Middle East. Throughout the war, the vast majority of the empire’s Arabs will loyally support the Ottoman empire and the Islamic cause it represents. 1969-1970-War of Attrition. The Treaty promises close economic and political cooperation between the two countries. Click here forvideo. The Syrian forces attack Israeli positions in the Golan Heights and achieve similar initial victories. Middle East; Egypt profile - Timeline. for newsreel footage on the Palestinian refugee problem click here. On November 1st, the National Liberation Front (FLN) in Algeria instigates a war of independence against French colonial rule. Disagreements and mutual suspicion between Egypt and Syria lead to dissolution of their union, the UAR. The Middle East since the beginning of the 20th century Constructed from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire after the first World War, the current map of contemporary Arab states in the Middle East resulted from the Great Game played out by the European powers during the 19th century. Borders are established without regard to natural or human boundaries. In the late 20th century, an Islamic revival developed in the Muslim world. It includes provisions for the establishment of a permanent Palestinian self-rule. These acts of national sovereignty cement Nasser’s popularity among Arabs but outrage Great Britain, France, and Israel. Eje cronológico Javier Dueñas Corraliza 2º D, Linea del tiempo de los filósofos presocráticos, Avances Tecnológicos en los últimos 10 años, EVOLUCION DEL SISTEMA EDUCATIVO ARGENTINO, Actividad Integradora 1 - Posturas de la evolución, Hechos mas importantes de francisco de paula santander, Principales Representantes del Modelo Conductual, Eva Smith's Timeline / An Inspector Calls. Death of the great Muslim reformer, Muhammad Abdu. Israel and Jordan are involved in a number of border skirmishes. It will gradually become a political group and agitate for social and political reforms in Egypt in accordance with a strict interpretation of Islam, as well as for the end of British occupation. Libya gains independence from Italy and Sayid Muhammad Idris al-Sanusi is declared king. The organization will come to include a variety of Palestinian groups and will become the primary political representative of the Palestinian people. However, the border agreements between the two countries will not be ratified by Morocco until more than twenty years after they are signed. Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt. The army replaces him with Colonel Chadli Bendjedid. Jordan, Yemen, and the PLO condemn the war, but all other Arab countries either support the action (Egypt and Syria contribute sizable forces) or adopt a neutral stance. Creation of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama under the leadership of Sheikh Abd al-Hamid Ben Badis. Boutros Ghali, the Coptic Prime Minister of Egypt, is assassinated. Muhammad Boudiaf, a well-respected leader of the Algerian war for independence who has been living in self-imposed exile in Morocco, is invited by the Algerian military to return and lead the country out of the crisis. An ailing and mentally incompetent President Habib Bourguiba is ousted in Tunisia by his prime minister Zine al-Abidin Ben Ali, who seizes the reins of government for himself and will rule Tunisia with an iron fist. In spite of these clashes and tension, on December 26th Algeria holds the first balloting of its first multiparty elections since independence. – Hassan II becomes king of Morocco after the death of his father, Muhammad V. Imam Muhammad al-Badr is overthrown by Yemeni army officers less then a week after assuming power following his father’s death. 20th Century. Libya and Morocco sign the Oujda Treaty of Union. All Arab oil-producing nations decide to impose an oil embargo on the United States and the European countries that support Israel. -The Association of Arab-American University Graduates is formes as a pan-Arab representative lobby. Abdul Aziz ibn Saud conquers Mecca and Medina. – Moroccan Sultan Mohammed V returns from exile in triumph after being deposed by the French in 1953. Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl appearances, Hechos historicos de la historia de Puerto Rico, See more Science and Technology timelines. This timeline tries to compile dates of important historical events that happened in or that led to the rise of the Middle East. A timeline created with Timetoast's interactive timeline maker. In response to the United States’ refusal to fund his plan to build the Aswan High Dam, he nationalizes the Suez Canal. It is estimated that around 54,000 Algerians are killed. Although the end of his rule was marked by a few steps towards political opening and acknowledgement of human rights, King Hassan had largely ruled Morocco with a strict authoritarianism, crushing political dissent and allowing only occasional truces with the opposition. – Abdesslam Yacine, a leader of the Moroccan Islamist movement Adl wa Ihsan is released in May from a six-year house arrest. In issuing the declaration, Britain seeks to gain wartime support from the Jewish communities in Europe and the U.S., as well as to secure a postwar territory adjacent to the Suez Canal. Italy, desperate to acquire the prestige associated with colonial possessions, invades the Ottoman province of Tripoli (in present-day Libya). All three invade Egypt in an attempt to regain control of the canal and to topple Nasser; they will ultimately fail to achieve their objectives, due mainly to pressures from the United States and the Soviet Union. His vice-president, Hosni Mubarak, becomes president of Egypt. Howver, in Egypt, the hope for economic prosperity as a divided of peace helps to make the Egyptian populace amenable to the visit. Britain and France emerge victorious, but the Arab dream of independence is dealt a severe blow as the colonization of Arab lands continues with more vehemence. – In Morocco, a major constitutional reform adds a House of Counselors (upper house) to the parliament and alters the structures of representation and election to make them more accountable. Los acontecimientos más importantes de la célula. After violent anti-British demonstrations in Cairo and elsewhere, the Wafd government led by Mustafa al-Nahhas abolishes the 1936 treaty with Britain, and the movement for total independence gains momentum. The entire Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza strip fall to Israeli military rule, and thousands of Egyptian troops are either killed or captured. The first US Druze Society is formed in Seattle. – Israeli troops seize the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. Middle East - Timeline Index : Who, What, Where, When in a chronological context ... Cuneiform writing emerged in the Sumerian civilization of southern Iraq around the 34th century BC during the middle Uruk period, beginning as a pictographic system of wr... 2700 BC. Faysal, the son of al-Sharif Hussein, becomes King of Iraq with the support of Great Britain, which controls the new country under the mandate system. After a period of high tension, including large-scale Egyptian military preparations in the Sinai, the war began on June. 2000s. The culture has been identified as one of the earliest divisions of the Stone Age era characterized by tools such as flake tools, microliths, cleavers and bifacial hand axes. The 20th Century The 20th-century history of Ethiopia is dominated by one man, Emperor Haile Selassie I. – Twenty-nine Palestinians are murdered in the Hebron Mosque by a Jewish extremist. May 3, 1916. The Arabian kingdoms of Najd and Hijaz are unified into modern Saudi Arabia. The monarchy is abolished and a civil war erupts between republicans and royalists. – In Moroccco, Abd el-Krim launches a rebellion and sets up the “Rif Republic.” It will require more than 250,000 combined French and Spanish troops to force him to surrender in 1926. Colonel Houari Boumediene, Defense Minister of Algeria, overthrows President Ahmed Ben Bella in a bloodless coup on June 19th. – Mustapha Kemal (Ataturk), a former Young Turk and hero of the Ottoman army, proclaims Turkey a republic. T he 20th Century Art / Middle East sale (20- 27 October) will feature a stunning selection of works from the most sought after artists from the modern era to the contemporary period. Artists like Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami will eventually give this music worldwide appeal. How to make a timeline? In History. – King Hussein of Jordan, viewing the PLO’s increasing power and influence among his Palestinian subjects as a threat to his regime, orders his forces to attack Palestinian militants in refugee camps. 17th Century. Iraq gains nominal independence from Britain but is obliged to sign a treaty granting Britain privileges similar to those it maintains in Egypt. Middle East in the 20th century Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918. Bourguiba will mold his country into a largely secular state; he is credited with implementing some controversial laws that appear to contradict Islamic law, such as the ban on polygamy, which is permitted by the Qur’an. Read more here. 2018-Jamal Khashoggi Killed. A colonel in the Egyptian army, Nasser led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 along with Muhammad Naguib, the first president, which overthrew the monarchy of Egypt and Sudan, and heralded a new period of modernization, and socialist reform in Egypt together with a, The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression or Suez War, was a diplomatic and military confrontation in late 1956 between Egypt on one side, and Britain, France and Israel on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nations playing major. Yasser Arafat is elected President of the Palestinian Authority. – Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, is assassinated. – Morocco gains independence from France on March 2nd and King Muhammad V returns triumphant from exile. 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