middle east

  • 1453 BCE

    Ottoman Empire

    Taking of constantinople- 29 may 1453
    Height of empire- 16th and 17th centuries
    The end of the empire- 1922 A.D
  • 1095 BCE

    Crusades- 1095

    christian church tries to take back the holy lands, 1st one takes back Jerusalem, maintain city then Muslims take it back. The rest crusades 2-7 were failures. Conflict by fighting over the holy land.
  • 622 BCE

    Creation of islam - 622 A.D

  • 586 BCE

    Diaspora

  • Mar 10, 732

    Battle of tours October 10, 732 A.D

    Charles sent army to tours to stop Muslim mores advance into Europe
  • Jun 15, 1389

    Battle of Kosovo

  • Crimean War

    October 1853 to March 1856
  • Suez Canal

    1859 and 1869 vidal trade conal
  • Zionism

    1897 reestablishment of a Jewish nation in Palestine
  • Balfour Declaration

    2 november 1917
  • WW1 Mandate

    28 June 1919
  • kemal ataturk

    serving as Turkey’s first President from 1923 until his death in 1938
  • Creation of Israel