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16 Cards in this Set
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1917
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Balfour Declaration by the British
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1919
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Versailles Treaty after World War I
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1945
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End of World War II
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May 14, 1948
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Birth of Israel/First Arab-Israeli War.
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1952
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Egyptian revolution/coup: Free Officers Movement led by Gamel al-Nasser.
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1956
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Suez Crisis; Second Arab-Israeli War.
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1960
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Founding of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries).
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1964
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Birth of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
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1967
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Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
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1973
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Yom Kippur War; Arab oil embargo.
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1979
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Camp David peace accord, involving Carter, Begin, Sadat: Israeli-Egyptian peace accord
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1979-80
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Iranian revolution; hostage crisis.
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1979
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. (Hint: led to U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics the following year).
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1982
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Israeli invasion of Lebanon
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1991
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Persian Gulf War: liberation of Kuwait from Iraq.
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1993
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Oslo Accord signed at White House.
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