Key dates

Question 1

1915

Answer 1

McMahon- Hussein correspondance

Question 2

1916

Answer 2

Sykes Picot Agreement

Question 3

1917

Answer 3

Balfour Declaration

Question 4

1919

Answer 4

Britain and France granted mandates under Treaty of Versailles

Question 5

1920-2

Answer 5

War between Greeks and Turkey

Question 6

1921

Answer 6

Faisal made King of Iraq
Army took control of the government in Iran

Question 7

1923

Answer 7

Turkey became a republic with Ataturk as president
Transjordan recognised as independent

Question 8

1931

Answer 8

Iraq recognised as independent
Desert Patrol founded

Question 9

1936-9

Answer 9

Arab Rebellion in Palestine

Question 10

1937

Answer 10

Peel Commission recommended partition of Palestine

Question 11

1939

Answer 11

British government White Paper

Question 12

1942

Answer 12

Biltmore Declaration of support for Zionists

Question 13

1945

Answer 13

Formation of Arab league
Lebanon made an independent state

Question 14

1946

Answer 14

Attack on the King David Hotel in Jerusalem
Emir Abdullah made King of Iraq

Question 15

1947

Answer 15

Hanging of two British soldiers by Irgun
The Exodus prevented from landing in Palestine
UN voted for partition of Palestine
Start of civil war in Palestine

Question 16

1948

Answer 16

Declaration of new state of Israel

Question 17

1948-9

Answer 17

First Arab-Israeli War

Question 18

1953

Answer 18

Mossadeq coup in Iran

Question 19

1949

Answer 19

Transjordan renamed Jordan

Question 20

1954

Answer 20

Nasser became president of Egypt

Question 21

1955

Answer 21

Israeli attack on Gaza
Nasser announced Czech arms deal
Baghdad Pact formed

Question 22

1956

Answer 22

Secret meetings on the 24th October between Israel, France and Britain
Nationalisation of Suez Canal
Israeli forces invade Egypt
British and French bombed Egyptian airfields
Suez Crisis and war
UN ceasefire and Anglo-French withdrawal from Egypt
UN peacekeeping force established on Israeli-Egyptian border

Question 23

1957

Answer 23

Eisenhower Doctrine
Treaty of Solidarity

Question 24

1958

Answer 24

Formation of the United Arab republic (UAR)
The Iraqi army carried out a coup which overthrew the monarchy and established a republic

Question 25

1959

Answer 25

Fatah set up

Question 26

1960

Answer 26

Formation of Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Question 27

1964

Answer 27

Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) established

Question 28

1965

Answer 28

Fatah carried out its first raid on Israel

Question 29

1966

Answer 29

Egypt signed a defence agreement with Syria

Question 30

1967

Answer 30

May crisis led to third Arab-Israeli War Israeli victory in Six-Day War UN Resolution 242

Question 31

1968

Answer 31

Baathists seized power in Iraq

Question 32

1969

Answer 32

Arafat became chairman of the PLO

Question 33

1969-70

Answer 33

War of attrition between Egypt and Israel

Question 34

1970

Answer 34

Death of Nasser PLO expelled from Jordan Nasser secretly has a meeting in Moscow and military aid from the Soviets increase

Question 35

1971

Answer 35

Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed between Egypt and the Soviets

Question 36

1972

Answer 36

Israeli athletes killed at the Olympic Games Sadat expelled Soviet advisors from Egypt

Question 37

1973

Answer 37

October War Imposition of oil embargo

Question 38

1974

Answer 38

Arafat speech to the UN

Question 39

1977

Answer 39

Sadat flew to Israel

Question 40

1978

Answer 40

Camp David Agreement between Egypt and Israel Israeli invasion of Lebanon

Question 41

1979

Answer 41

Treaty of Washington between Egypt and Israel Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq Islamic Revolution in Iran Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Storming of US embassy in Iran

Question 42

1980-8

Answer 42

Iran-Iraq War

Question 43

1981

Answer 43

Assassination of President Sadat

Question 44

1982

Answer 44

Syrian army attack on Hama Israeli invasion of Lebanon

Question 45

1987

Answer 45

Start of first Palestinian Intifada 8 December

Question 46

1988

Answer 46

The Kurds exterminated by Saddam Hussein: 180,000 Kurds killed and 100,000 refugees

Question 47

1990

Answer 47

Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Question 48

1991

Answer 48

First Gulf War

Question 49

1993

Answer 49

Madrid Conference

Question 50

1993 and 1995

Answer 50

Oslo Accords

Question 51

1994

Answer 51

Israeli-Jordan peace treaty

Question 52

1995

Answer 52

Assassination of Rabin

Question 53

2000

Answer 53

Camp David Peace negotiations Beginning of the second Intifada

Question 54

2001

Answer 54

'9/11' attack on New York and Washington DC US attack on Afghanistan

Question 55

2003

Answer 55

US invasion of Iraq: Second Gulf War 'Road map to peace'

Question 56

2004

Answer 56

Death of Yasser Arafat

Question 57

2006

Answer 57

Israeli invasion of Lebanon HAMAS victory in Palestinian elections War in Lebanon

Question 58

2008

Answer 58

war in Gaza

Question 59

2011

Answer 59

Last US troops left Iraq 'Arab Spring'