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What was the effect of the Balfour Declaration?
Raised false hopes among both Jews and Arabs, and laid foundations for future frustration and conflict.
Both Jews and Arabs felt betrayed
What was the controversy of the Balfour Declaration?
-British government also promised support to an Arab independent nation through the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence.
who was Abdulhamid II-
A sultan placed on the Ottoman throne and ruled like an authoritarian and suspended the constitution; he was in constant fear of assassination
Ataturk is?
Modernized turkey, nickname given to Turkish president Kemal meaning "father Turk;" he tried to modernize Turkey
British adventurer popularly known as "Lawrence of Arabia"
Reza shah pahlavi-
Persian army officer who seized power in 1925
The deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular racial, political, or cultural group
Creation of saudi arabia-
An absolute monarchy occupying most of the Arabian Peninsula in southwest Asia
Ethnic cleansing is what?
A policy of killing or forcibly removing an ethnic group from its lands; used by the Serbs against the Muslim minority in Bosnia
It was a letter written by the British government to the Zionist Leader, Lord Rothschild which stated the government's intentions in declaring a Jewish State in the Middle East.1917