POLI 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Arab Cooperation Council, Theocracy, Totalitarianism

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 340
• Professor: Rex Brynen

Document Summary

Pan-arabism began in egypt with gamal abdel nasser, arab league founded in cairo in 1945, second country to overthrow regime after tunisia. Egypt has existed much longer than other a(cid:396)a(cid:271) states, a(cid:374)d is the o(cid:374)ly (cid:272)ou(cid:374)t(cid:396)y (cid:373)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374) i(cid:374) qu(cid:396)"a(cid:374) (cid:1009)(cid:1006)(cid:1009) bce pe(cid:396)sia(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:448)asio(cid:374), (cid:1010)(cid:1008)(cid:1006) ce a(cid:396)a(cid:271) co(cid:374)(cid:395)uest, napoleo(cid:374)"s i(cid:374)(cid:448)asio(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1011)(cid:1013)(cid:1012), e(cid:374)d of b(cid:396)itish o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374) i(cid:374) 1954: arab conquest brought arab and islam. French invasion in 1798: brought radical ideas of liberty, freedom, and fraternity, and technology, muhammad ali - ele(cid:272)ted (cid:271)y otto(cid:373)a(cid:374)"s to push f(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)h out of egypt; he su(cid:272)(cid:272)eeded, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ould eventually do the same to the turks. Muhammad ali brought in european ideas and technology, 45 year reign until 1952, built modern army and navy: his third successor heavily indebted egypt to european banks; britain invades during vulnerability. 1945 egypt helps establish the arab league, 1948 arab-israeli war: muslim brotherhood was established in 1928 with goal of ridding egypt of british occupation.