History of the Middle East: World War I to present

World War I:

• Arab independence movement - Lawrence of Arabia and others
• Political documents - Demascus Protocol (mid-1915), Hussein-McMahon correspondence (July, 1915-January, 1916), Sykes-Picot Agreement (January 3, 1916), Balfour Declaration (November 2, 1917), The Fourteen Points of President Wilson (January 8, 1918), The Four Principles (February 11, 1918), The Four Ends (July 4, 1918)
• The Armistice (November, 1918)

Paris Peace Conference to World War II:

• Paris Peace Conference - Feisel-Weizmann Agreement, King-Crane Commission recommendations, San Remo Conference (April, 1920), Anglo-French Oil Agreement (April, 1920), Treaty of Versailles (June 28, 1920)
• Post-Versailles peace talks - Cairo Conference (March, 1921), Palestine Mandate (July 22, 1922), First Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (October 10, 1922), Second Anglo-Iraqi Treaty (June 30, 1930)

World War II to the Iran hostage crisis:

• The Exodus (1945)
• Formation of State of Israel (1948)
• Muhamed Mossadegh - popular election (1951?), CIA-led overthrow (1953?)
• Suez Canal Crisis (1956)
• Ba'th Party coup (1963)

Iran hostage crisis to 9/11:

• Iranian hostage crisis (1979)
• 9/11/2001

Post 9/11:

• Afghanistan War
• Iraq War (2003-present) - weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)
• war on terror
• neoconservative movement