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11 Cards in this Set
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Ottoman Constitution |
1876 to 1878; Sultan Abdul Hamid II suspends it reinstates it 1908 created in aftermath of State bankruptcy Russo Turkish War 1877. |
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Abdul Hamid II . |
1876 to 1908; create new, European style, Pro ottoman schools; supported pan-islamic projects, ex. caliphate, Railway to Mecca. |
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Kaiser willhelm 2 |
Made visits to ottoman allies; his military officers were active in ottoman lands; reason for ottomans joining central entente. |
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Berlin-to-Baghdad Railway: |
Germany increased relations with Ottoman Empire; a railway to make trade easier; threatens British prospects in India due to connection to Persian gulf; partially built, but unfinished. |
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Mesopotamia(Iraq) |
Invaded by British officer Indian army in 1914. Ottoman armies defeat British at kuttawa Amara in 1915. British occupied Baghdad 1917. |
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Majilis(parliament) |
Formed in 1906 during Iranian constitutional Revolution. Suspended by Qajar Shah. Reinstated under last Qajar shah but in much weekend form. |
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Famine |
In Greater Syria (Syria+Lebanon), caused diversion of food to Ottoman armies; Jamal Pasha ruled Syria during the famine. |
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Talaat Pasha |
Architect of Armenian genocide, a Young Turk. |
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Egyptian revolution of 1919 |
Fought back the British, achieving semi-independance by 1922/23; Safiyya Zaghlul orchestrated protests that ended British hegemony. |
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Great Britain got |
Iraq and Palestine |
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France got |
Syria and Lebanon |
