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| Year of Ataturk's involvement in Gallipoli |
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| Year Husayn became general of the army in Iraq, year he took power (2) |
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| Agreement that said Iran would get a border agreement if it stopped aiding Kurds, year (2) |
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1. Algiers Agreement
2. 1975 |
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| Three major religious groups Saddam Husayn had to deal with |
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1. Shiites
2. Ulama
3. Kurds |
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| The UN resolution that improved relations for Iraq with its Gulf neighbors |
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| Important election in year, went to a rightest extremist government |
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| Year Span for war between Iran and Iraq, the longest conventional war of the 20th century |
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| The party of the old regime in Iran under the shah |
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| The militant wing of the ulama in the Modern Middle East |
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| Man who founded the Freedom Movement, combination of Marxism, Shiism, revolutionism, and Iranian patriotism |
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| Year that an attack on Khomeini caused students to riot |
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| Mo/Year for hostage situation in Iran |
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| 7 ways Islam was brought into Iran with Khomeini |
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1. Social justice
2. Land reform (Guardians put a stop to this)
3. Islamic law
4. Women's dress code
5. Women lost divorce and education rights
6. Ended dependence on West (or, tried to)
7. Islamic Republic Party dissolved |
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| What Islam had become with its revival |
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| Four things that occurred with the resurgence of Islam |
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1. Muslim Brotherhood reappeared
2. Student organizations cropped up
3. Militant underground organizations
4. Men like Nasser used ulama |
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| New prime minister of Israel in 1977 |
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| Four important parts to the White Paper of 1939 |
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1. Limit of 75,000 Jewish immigrants for the five-year period 1940-1944
2. After 1944, emigration would be determined by Arab majority
3. Palestine is a home, not a state, for the Jews
4. Objective in 10 years of one independent Palestine state |
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| The main terrorist organization for Palestinians and their leader (2) |
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| UN partition plan year, for Palestine |
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| Year Arabs attacked Jews, who fought back thanks to Russian weapons |
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| What Arab-Israeli conflict is really about |
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| Major city that Jews moved out of |
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| New Israeli PM who wanted to slow down the peace process, was Likud |
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| Year that Arafat and Netanyahu were forced to meet due to US pressure, came up with the Wye accords that ended Netanyahu's government |
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| Israeli president who won a decisive victory for an expanded Labor coalition known as One Israel |
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| Two biggest parties in Israel with new government under Barak, and their chief trait |
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1. Shinui - Secular
2. Shas - Orthodox |
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| Where Barak went, leading to a decline in his popularity and several in his cabinet resigning, brought about second infitah |
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| Three points of significance from Napoleon's invasion |
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1. European power invades, shaking Islamic heartland
2. Europe becomes aware of weaknesses in the Islam Empire
3. Beginning of Egyptology |
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| Five original founders of OPEC |
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1. Iraq
2. Iran
3. Venezuela
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Kuwait |
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| King Faysal of Saudi Arabia assassination date |
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| Fifth Israeli PM in six years, gained popularity after a protest at the temple mount |
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| Place where Israelis were encouraged to settle after 1977 in order to break up the Palestinian communities |
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| Dissent in Saudi Arabia after Faysal's death, place they captured, date, and leader (3) |
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1. Grant Mosque of Mecca
2. 1979
3. Juhayman |
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| After Sharon grew frustrated with the Likud, the party he forced |
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| Agreement between Syrian and Lebanese leaders that recognized Lebanon as a distinct entity |
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| End of French occupation in Lebanon |
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| When Britain got out of the Gulf States |
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| Man who succeeded Sharon when he died of a stroke; turned out to be very corrupt |
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| After Arafat, Palestinian who got into power, opposed the second infitah; brought Hamas in which led to his downfall |
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| Man who brought together Saudi Arabia, king of the Hijaz and sultun of Najd, pledged to respect British territories, allowed shariah to be influential |
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| Years of the British mandate over Palestine |
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| Year that Hamas won the elections, causing Bush to oppose it with Israel |
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| Most reputable thing accomplished by Hamas |
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| Party that dominated in Turkey in the 1990s, took away rights while bringing in new wealth |
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| Man of the Welfare Party, became PM and then pressured to resign by the high command, undermining democracy |
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| Four changes Kuwait made to lead it to prosperity |
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1. Reversal in relationship between emir and merchants
2. Welfare state
3. Imported labor
4. Player in ME democracy |
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| Year of an insurrection by the Kurdish PKK in Turkey, was decisively and violently crushed |
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| Kurdish man executed, urging peace in Turkey |
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| Very religious man from the Justice and Development Party in Turkey, returned political Islam to Turkey |
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| Leader of Kuwait who did not squander wealth, took over from British |
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| Date of Treaty of Alliance that replaced the British mandate over Iraq |
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| Date Treaty of Alliance was changed from 20 to 4 years (ratification) |
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| Year of the Constitutional monarchy, or organic law |
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| What Erdogan focused on, instead of real reform |
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| Why Iran was forced to begin negotiations with neighbors after Khomeini's death |
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| Two PMs in Iraq, one pro-British, one anti-British, one murdered and one deposed with persuasion from British tanks |
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1. General Nuri
2. Washid Ali al-Gaylani |
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| In 1997, reforms by President Rafsanjani in Iran led to opposition, which led to this man, a religious scholar, taking power |
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| Man elected to Iran because people would stay home instead of going to the polls, year. |
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| What Ahmadinejad is best known for (3) |
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1. Clumsy populism
2. Rationing of gas in 2007
3. Strong criticism of Israel |
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| Year in Egypt when a tourist group was massacred by jihadists |
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| Year when the MB won 20% of the seats in Egypt |
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| Despot of Oman, son who deposed him |
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| Country that was prosperous by corrupt in 70s and 80s, still has powerful ruling family |
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| Two countries that did not become part of the UAE |
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1. Abu Dhabu
2. Dubai
3. Sharja
4. Ajman
5. Umm al-Qaiwain
6. Fujairah
7. Was al-Khaimah |
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| The only group during the Lebanese Civil War to keep their arms, developed a political front |
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| Area where Israeli troops withdrew from, a victory for Lebanon and Hizbollah |
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| Mufty of Jerusalem during the early years of British-mandated Palestine |
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| High comissioned Samuel in Palestine created this in 1921 to support the mufty who favored them |
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| Said labor and Zionism were identical, federation of Jewish labor founded in 1920 |
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| Term used to describe Jews in Palestine |
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| How many UAE countries still had ruling family |
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| Four motives Saddam had for invading Kuwait |
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1. Gulf access
2. Debt terminated
3. Money for reconstruction and the military
4. More oil, more power |
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| The name for Bush's group of countries going after Saddam |
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| Woman who supposedly gave Saddam "green light" |
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| Resolution condemning Iraqi invasion of Kuwait |
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| Resolution putting economic sanctions against Iraq |
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| Three movements that arrived in the Arab world after WWII |
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1. Regionalism
2. Pan-Arab Nationalism
3. Islamic solidarity |
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| Two aggressive, expansionist tactics by the SU |
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1. Threats to Turkey
2. Occupied Azerbaijan |
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| Central conflict between Greece and Turkey that involved treatment of Arabs |
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| Date Turkey occupied Cyprus after a coups on their government, leading the US to suspend sales to Turkey |
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| A group of young Marxists in Iran who were communist-leaning |
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| What Mosaddiq really wanted for the government |
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| Go back to the constitution of 1906 |
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| Date Mossaddiq was captured and the shah of Iran returned |
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| Resolution that called for Iraq's annexation of Kuwait to be null and voice |
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| The five main points of the 1963 White Revolution |
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1. Limited power to elite and gave money to peasants
2. Literacy was expanded
3. Education was improved
4. Positive changes to healthcare
5. Enforced opportunities for women |
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| Resolution authorizing military force in Iraq |
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| Period of time Operation Desert Storm lasted |
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| Two men who commanded Operation Desert Storm forces |
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1. General Schwarzkopf
2. General Khalid |
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| Six things UN Resolution 1284 did in Iraq |
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1. Required to destroy WMDs and long-range missiles
2. Had to permit inspections
3. Arms embargo
4. No Fly Zones
5. US and coalition forces remain in Gulf
6. Humanitarian resolution (oil for food) |
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| Five key reforms for Iran under Reza Shah |
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1. Modern army
2. Centralization
3 Diarmament of tribal forces
4. Secularim
5. Dress code |
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| Year the vein was banned in Iran |
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| Two key events and years that made Iran/British relationship tense |
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1. 1931 Imperial Airways could not fly in Persian airspace (but Luftwaffe could)
2. 1932, cancelled oil concession |
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| Year Reza Shah abdicated in favor of his son, Muhammad Reza |
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| Muhammad Reza Shah's secret police |
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| How Turkey put their religion/state relationship |
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| Subordination of the church to the state |
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| Year span for the single-party system under Ataturk (Republican People's Party) |
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| Ataturk's testing of whether another party would be a good thing for Turkey |
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| 1930 Free Party Experiment (lasted three months) |
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| Date Turkey signed the UN charter, as one of fifty original members |
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| The PM of Turkey and his president (2) |
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| A freedom under Menderes and something he took away |
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1. More freedom of religion
2. Press censorship |
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| Date of military coup in Turkey that got rid of Menderes |
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| Date of military coup that was brought on by the military being upset with the government and the kidnapping of four American servicemen |
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| King of Egypt toppled by Nasser |
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| PM who was killed by MB, MB leader killed in retaliation (2) |
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1. PM Mahmud Fahmi al-Nuqrashi
2. Hasan al-Banna |
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| Date regime in Egypt overthrown |
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| Event where the British, French and Israelis attacked Nasser |
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| The effect the breakup of the UAR had on Egypt |
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| What Egypt began to do after 1961 |
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| Adopt Arab Socialism (built up infrastructure) |
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| Year for constitution proclaimed in Egypt that seemed to have Arab interests at heart, but gave Nasser power |
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| The leaders of Syrian coups after WWI and characteristics (3) |
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1. Zaim - political instability
2. Shishakli - Military dictatorship that oppressed the people
3. Shishakli - civilian parliamentary government |
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| Leader of Iraq in July 1958, man who toppled him, brother who succeeded him (3) |
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1. Qasim
2. al-Salam Arif
3. al-Wahman Arif |
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| Country that had a war with the Kurds from 1961-2 |
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| King of Jordan after Abdallah who held things together, asked US for help |
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| A Labanese "boss" who had control over the political system of a district |
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| Date of the start of the "June War" Between Israel and Egypt as well as other Israeli enimies |
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| Five losses for Arab countries after the June War |
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1. Egypt lost revenues from Sinai oil fields and Suez canal was closed
2. Egypt was forced to make up lost revenues
3. Jordan lost the West Bank and religious sites
4. Loss of Golan Heights pus Israel close to Damascus
5. Belligerent countries lost many men |
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| Mo/Year political parties abolished in Egypt |
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| 7 foreign policy incidents by Nasser before 1957 |
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1. Adopted policy of moderation
2. Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1954 said British troops would slowly withdraw
3. Israeli attack on Gaza in February 1955 that left 38 Egyptians dead
4. September 1955 arms agreement between Egypt and Czechoslovakia
5. Refusal to join Baghdad pact
6. US and Britain denied funds for Aswan dam
7. Suez Crisis of 1956 |
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| Two ways Arab socialism was different from USSR socialism |
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1. Property could be kept by individuals
2. Would not severe ties with Arab identity |
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| Sadat's war on Israel (year) |
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| October War of 1973 (Yum Kippor) |
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| Date of the first treaty between Israel and Egypt |
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