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1917
The Balfour Declaration +
1917
The Balfour Declaration
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Balfour declaration, 2 November 1917
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1918
Map of mandates set up in the Middle East +
1918
Map of mandates set up in the Middle East
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Map of "mandates" set up in the Middle East after WWI.
Image credit: Craig Heimburger
1919
The Big Four +
1919
The Big Four
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Big Four Western leaders at WW1 Paris peace conference, 27 May 1919
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1926
Logo of the Muslim Brotherhood +
1926
Logo of the Muslim Brotherhood
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Logo of the Muslim Brotherhood, which was founded in 1926
1931
Adolf Hitler +
1931
Adolf Hitler
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Adolf Hitler, who founded the Nazi Party – which became powerful in the early 1930s.
Original image Image credit: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive)
1947
Partition plan for Palestine in 1947 +
1947
Partition plan for Palestine in 1947
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Partition plan for Palestine in 1947
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1947
Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel +
1947
Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel
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Jewish immigrants arriving in Israel in 1947
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1949
Palestinian Refugees in 1948 +
1949
Palestinian Refugees in 1948
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Palestinian refugees in 1948.
Original image Image credit: Fred Csasznik
1973
Ramadan War +
1973
Ramadan War
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Egyptian soldiers celebrate crossing the Suez canal, Ramadan War (1973/74)
Original image image credit: http://modernegypt.bibalex.org
1979
Afghan prisoners +
1979
Afghan prisoners
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Afghan prisoners after the Soviet invasion (1979-1989)
Original image image credit: E.Kuvakin
1983
Beirut bombing +
1983
Beirut bombing
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Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983.
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1991
Operation Desert Storm +
1991
Operation Desert Storm
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Operation Desert Storm – an air attack to defeat Iraq – 1991
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1998
Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania +
1998
Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania
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Terrorists bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya in August 1998, leaving hundreds dead and wounded.
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1998
Osama bin Laden +
1998
Osama bin Laden
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Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir interviewing Osama bin Laden, circa March 1997 – May 1998. Behind them on the wall is an AKS-74U carbine.
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1999
Map of the middle east +
1999
Map of the middle east
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Map of the Middle East.
Image credit: Sémhur