West Asia and the Arab World Syllabus

 West Asia and the Arab world since 1919

I

 

Outline:

1          Middle East: Strategic importance, geography and history

 

Turkey:

2          Downfall of Ottoman Empire during WWI

3          Turkish war of independence

4          Mustafa Kemal reforms

5          Cyprus problem

6          Turkey and Pakistan

 

Egypt:

7          Egyptian Nationalism after WWI

8          Free officer’s movement, Coup d’état

9          Suez War

10        1967 Arab Israeli war

11        1973 Arab Israeli war

12        Camp David accords

 

Iran

13        Rise and Fall of Reza Shah Pahlavi

14        Muhammad Reza Shah rule

15        Mussadegh and Coup of 1953

16        Reza Shahs reforms

17        Iranian revolution of 1979

 

Other topics

18        The Palestinian Issue

19        The Arab Spring