HIST 1130 Lecture 17: Middle East and North Africa
20 Nov 2018
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Middle east and north africa oil significantly important in these countries nationalism also important, lots of religiously divided countries. Ottoman empire allied with germany and austria-hungary in wwi dissolves and territory divided and taken over by britain and france. Zionism political ideology that arises in late 19th century/early 20th century. Jewish ppl of europe suffered socially and economically dating back to the creation of the. Herzl claims the jewish ppl need to find a homeland in wwi great britain gets jerusalem and palestine from ottoman empire. British government gives support to british and other zionists to give jewish ppl homeland in the middle east also states that religious and civil rights of those living there needs to be taken into consideration as well. Britain sees the creation of israel as a key british ally in the future therefore, british support the creation of israel under the balfour declaration gets created after 30 years.
