The student will analyse continuity and change in Middle east leading to the 21st century.
a. Explain how European partitioning in the Middle East after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire was in the losing side of the war so other countries started to take over the Empire. Also all eh ethnic groups.
b. Explain the historical reasons for the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948; Because the Holocaust lead to many Jews without home and Zionism and also Anti-semitism lead to Isreal creation. The UN created isreal in 1948 after WWII.
c. Describe how land and religion are reasons for continuing conflicts in the Middle East. Israel is a holy land to all the religious in the Middle east. Juddaism Christianity and Islam.
d. Explain U.S. presence and interest in Southwest Asia; include the Persian Gulf conflict and The US is interested in Oil and Iraq wanted to invade Kuwait so the US got in conflict with Iraq because of oil.
invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. They Invaded Afghanistan because they wanted to destroy al-Queda and wanted to find Bin Laden.