Rockridge Social Studies
the history place
Middle East Review (Hist 12)
Eye for an Eye
David and Goliath
Wailing Wall
Philistines
Romans
Islam
Ottoman Turks
Ghettos
Jews of the Diaspora
Zion
Dreyfus Affair
Devil's Island
Emil Zola
Theordor Herzl
1st Zionist Congress
Kibbutz
Chaim Weizmann
McMahon Pledge 1915
Balfour Declaration 1917
Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916
Arab Higher Committee
Peel Commission
MacDonald White Paper
Manachem Begin
Irgun
Stern Group
Patria
Haganah
S.S. Struma
Arab League, 1945
Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry on Palestine
King David Hotel
Exodus
United Nations Special Commission on Palestine (UNSCOP)
League of Nations' Mandates
Dier Yassin
War of Independence (Arab-Israeli War of 1948)
Suez Canal Crisis
Nasser
Truman
Pearson
UNEF
Yasser Arafat
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Six Day War
U Thant
Sharm El Sheikh
Eilat
Moyshe Dayan
Yom Kippur War
Gold Meir
Sadat
Assad
Idi Amin
Jimmy Carter
Camp David Accords, 1979
Sadam Hussein
Iranian Revolution, 1979
Ayatollah Khomeini
Islamic Revival
Iran-Iraq War
Intifada
Hamas
Gulf War, 1990
Concepts to Understand
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Understand the diaspora of the Jews over the centuries and the need for a Jewish homeland.
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Understand the role Persian Gulf oil plays in the 20th century.
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Understand the role of the U.N. in dealing with the Arab-Israeli issue.
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Understand the Suez Canal crisis from the Arab perspective.
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Know the geography of the Middle East and Israel.