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1300 - 1699
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Empire expanded and included a number of ethnic and religious groups. The empire was ruled by Turkish Muslims. It included the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
1699 - 1915
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The outer fringes of the empire were the first to split off. All that remains is Turkey.
1880 - 2010
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Arabs join together with a common purpose to achieve political and cultural goals. Specifically they wanted their own homeland so as to be free from Ottoman rule.
1914 - 1918
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1915 - 1915
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Turkish rulers worried that Armenians were helping Russians. Many Armenian leaders and intellectuals were killed as well as an estimated 1-2 million people by the Turks.
1915 - 1915
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British promise Arabs independence and a unified Arab kingdom if they revolt against Ottoman Turks (Join with British).
1915 - 1915
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British diplomat McMahon writes to Sharif Hussein with vague promise of homeland if Ottoman Empire breaks up with Arab help.
1916 - 1916
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Secret agreement between British and French to divide up the Ottoman Empire if it failed.
1917 - 1917
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British promised Jews the creation of a Jewish national home in Palestine as well as protect the rights of the non-Jewish inhabitants.
1919 - 1919
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Kemal Ataturk leads the Turkish War of Independence against Western occupying forces. He establishes an independent and sovereign Turkey. Leads country in secular reforms.
1920 - Current
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Arab population revolt against European colonial rule.
1920 - 1948
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British control Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq and establishes a Jewish homeland in Palestine following the Balfour Declaration.
France controls Syria and Lebanon.