HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Turki Bin Faisal Al Saud, Osama Bin Laden, List Of Association Football Teams To Have Won Four Or More Trophies In One Season
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September 21 lecture: saudi arabia and the reagan alliance. Group coercion (everyone had to do the same thing) Ibn abdul wahhabi studies in iraq, iran. Writes the book of monotheism (criticized people"s religion) 1801 wanabi tribes invade ottoman iraq (southern iraq) Sack (loot, pillage) shiite holy city of karbala. By 1902 ottoman empire was weakening and saudi"s were able to assert themselves. Under abd al-aziz, known as ibn saud, took over as saudi as ruler for a long time. Ikhwan object, want conquest against jordan and iraq. Reject radio (which was up and coming at the time) Ibn saud is helped by saudi clerics (urban) Najd and hijaz united into kingdom of saudi arabia. No constitution, islamic law is law of the land. Discovery of petroleum in al-hasa in 1930s. 1945 ibn saud declares war on nazi germany. Developed by arabian american oil co. (aramco) Inexpensive infra structurally to develop the oil.
