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The New Order and its Boundaries. Timeline of Events 1914-18 World War I 1915-16 McMahon- Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded
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The New Order and its Boundaries Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Solidiers of the Arab Revolt (Source: Syria Today)
(1911) Source: William R. Shepherd, The Historical Atlas, 1911.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (1881-1938) Founder of the Modern Turkish Republic Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate
Faysal with Arab Notables and British Commanders, Damascus 1919 Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate
Faysal with T.E. Lawrence during the Arab Revolt Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: Syria Today
Partition of the Near East • McMahon-Husayn Correspondence (1915-16) promises independent Arab state in Syria • Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) promises Syria to France • Balfour Declaration (1917) promises British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) (source: BBC)
League of Nations Mandate System (1920) Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East
League of Nations Mandate System (1920) Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East
Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East
Egypt Awakening Mahmud Mukhtar (1928) Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate
Robed Egyptian Peasant Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1883) Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate
Phoenician Port of Sidon Lebanon Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate
Site of Ancient Babylon excavated by German Oriental Society Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: GoldenAgeProject.org.uk
League of Nations Mandate System (1920) Timeline of Events 1914-18World War I 1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt 1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech Paris Peace Conference League of Nations founded 1920 Treaty of Sevres Mandate system established 1921 Turkish Constitution Issued 1922 Egypt granted independence 1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East