The New Order and its BoundariesTimeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate Solidiers of the Arab Revolt (Source: Syria Today)

Source: William R. Shepherd, The Historical Atlas , 1911.

(1911)

Source: Historical Atlas of the Middle East

Treaty of Sevres (1920)

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk(1881-1938)

Founder of the Modern Turkish RepublicTimeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Faysal with Arab Notables and British Commanders, Damascus 1919

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Faysal with T.E. Lawrence during the Arab Revolt

Source: Syria Today

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Partition of the Near East

•McMahon-Husayn Correspondence (1915-16) promises independent Arab state in Syria

•Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) promises Syria to France

•Balfour Declaration (1917) promises British support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine

Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916) (source: BBC)

League of Nations Mandate System(1920)

Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

League of Nations Mandate System(1920)

Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Egypt AwakeningMahmud Mukhtar (1928)

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Robed Egyptian PeasantFrederic Auguste Bartholdi

(1883)Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

Phoenician Port of Sidon Lebanon

Source: GoldenAgeProject.org.uk

Site of Ancient Babylon excavated by German Oriental Society

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate

League of Nations Mandate System(1920)

Source: Cleveland, A History of the Modern Middle East

Timeline of Events

1914-18 World War I1915-16 McMahon-Husayn Correspondence1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916-18 Arab Revolt1917 Balfour Declaration 1919 Wilson’s “Fourteen Points” speech

Paris Peace ConferenceLeague of Nations founded

1920 Treaty of SevresMandate system established

1921 Turkish Constitution Issued1922 Egypt granted independence1924 Turkey abolishes caliphate