THE 1970S 1969 1979
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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Egypt, Palestine, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan
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Lebanon, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria
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Iraq, Afghanistan, Jordan, Turkey
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Iran, Kuwait, Egypt, Tunisia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The defeated Ottoman empire was dissolved into the Republic of Turkey and several smaller nations, including Yemen, plus the new Middle East Allied “mandates” of Syria and Lebanon (future Syria, Lebanon and Hatay State), Palestine (future Transjordan and Israel), Mesopotamia (future Iraq).
Detailed explanation-2: -Later, Jordan has been a part of the Nabataean Kingdom, the Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empirem until the Great Arab Revolt occurred against the Ottomans in 1916 during World War I. After the division of the Ottman Empire between France and England, Jordan had become a British colony.
Detailed explanation-3: -On May 19, 1916, representatives of Great Britain and France secretly reach an accord, known as the Sykes-Picot agreement, by which most of the Arab lands under the rule of the Ottoman Empire are to be divided into British and French spheres of influence with the conclusion of World War I.