GEOG 1982 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Southern Lebanon, Separation Barrier, Great Mosque Of Mecca
14 Oct 2017
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Geopolitical framework never-ending tensions chapter 7 southwest asia and northern africa. Many conflicts in southwest asia and northern africa are related to european colonialism. This tardiness was due to the turks and the ottoman empire. The french had a major impact in northern africa, they took algeria. By the end of world war i, the british expelled the. They told the arabs they would get their own state if they assisted the british. However, britain made a secret deal with the sneaky french to take the land for themselves. The saud family convinced the british to establish saudi arabia so they still got what they wanted. Britain owned israel (called palestine at the time) jordan (called. Italy owned libya, which europeans considered a desert wasteland anyway. The tuks defeated the french so they kept their territory. After world war ii, the european powers began their withdrawal from these territories. Some territories gained independence through violence, others through peaceful measures.
