“INTO the LABYRINTH” — 1945-Present

“PARTITIONING the HOLY LAND ”

BALFOUR DECLARATION (1917)

EXODUS (1946)

ARAB-ISRAELI WAR (1948-9)

SUEZ WAR (1956)

“A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP”

SIX-DAY WAR (1967)

MUNICH (1972)

YOM KIPPUR WAR (1973)

CAMP DAVID (1979)

BEIRUT (1981-2000)

“ALLAH, SALAAM, & JIHAD”

ABRAHAM

The PROPHET (570-632)

QUR'AN

HUSAYN & SHI'a'ALI (680)

BATTLE of TOURS (732)

TIMBUKTU (900)

POPE URBAN II (1095)

MEMHET FATIH (1453)

MARTIN LUTHER (1517)

SULEIMAN the LAWMAKER
(n. 1494 1520-1566)

SIEGE of VIENNA (1529)
& BATTLE of VIENNA (1689)

MUHAMMAD ALI (1805)

GALLIPOLLI (1915)
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK(1920-38)

SHAH I & II (1925-1941 & 1945-1979)

GAMEL ABDEL NASSER (1956-1970)
ANWAR SADAT (1970-1981)

“The GULF WARS”

SHARI’A

TIMBUKTU

FROM EMPIRE TO MANDATE

OPERATION AJAX (1953)

HOSTAGE CRISIS (1979-81)

IRAN-IRAQ WAR (1981-1988)

MUJAHIDEEN (1979-1989)

DESERT STORM (1991)

“BLACK HAWK DOWN"

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GULF II

ARAB SPRING

SYRIA

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