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to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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to the Past: Course Sites for Dr. Christopher Lovett
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updated as of 9 Feb 03
Back to Iraq: The Search for Saddam's Weapons of Mass Destruction Bush's New National Security Strategy of the United States Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Eisenhower
Library Research Topics Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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Modern World Civilization Topic: Clash of Civilizations: How We Came to This Fork in the Road in the Middle East Handout Four OUTLINE: IV. The Clash of Civilizations: How We Came to This Fork in the Road in the Middle East.
QUESTIONS: 1. How was the modern Middle East born? What were the plans of the British and French for the Middle East? 2. What was the Balfour Declaration and what impact did this have on the fate of Palestine? 3. Why have the Israelis, despite being outnumbered, managed to defeat the Arab coalition? 4. What happened to the Armenians during World War I? 5. Is Saddam Hussein a threat to his neighbors, to the world community, and to the United States? Explain. 6. What reasons best explain the Iranian Revolution and the coming of the Ayatollah Khomeini? TERMS: Ba’th Party Faisal I Faisal II Arthur Balfour Balfour Declaration Armenian Genocide Kemal Ataturk Wailing Wall Incident Six-Day War Saddam Hussein Gulf War Ayatollah Khomeini |
