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Table of contents•Thesis statement
• Timelineo 1914o 1944o 1958o 1989o 1990o 1991-present day
• Conclusion
• Sources
Thesis statement
Many of the ongoing conflicts in the Middle-East, is a result of the peace settlement after the First World War and how the superpower countries
divided the area.
Timeline
1944 1958 1989 19901991-prese
nt1914
Power transfution
Transfering authority
End of Civil War
Dissolution of all military groups
Increased opposition
The division of the Ottoman Empire
1914The division of the Ottoman Empire
•The Ottoman Empire dividedoLebanon, Syria, Palestine, Transjordan and
Mesopotamia(todays Iraq)
• France had cultural, economic and religious interests
• Islamic citizens did not agree
1944Power transfution
•France agrees to trasfer power to the Lebanese governmentoAccepted the independence of Lebanon
• Kept the region under control until the end of world war 2
• 1946- The last French troops withdrew
1958Increased opposition
•Increased opposition due to the confessionalism• Civil War between Maronite Christians and Muslims
•Confessionalism:o Political representation distributedo Aimed to provide combined leadership
•Government distributed by religiono Maronite Christian Presidento Sunni Islamic Prime Ministero Shia Islamic Speaker of the Assembly
• Led to bloodshed and civil war
1990End of the Civil War
•Lasted from 1975-1990
•Lead to:• 120 000 fatalities• 1 million wounded• Huge damage on buildings and towns
1989Transfering authority
•Parliament meets in Saudi Arabia
• Transferring much of the authority and power
• Increasing the number of Muslim Members of Parlaiment
1991-present dayDissolution of all military groupso2004- Foreign troops leave Lebanono2005- Rafik Hairir assassinatedo2006- 2006 Israel-Hezbollah Waro2007- Syrian army dètenteso2011- Government collapses, Syrian spillovero2013- Hezbollah a terrorist organisationo2014- One million refugeeso2015- Restrictions of refugees
Conclusion• Many of the ongoing conflicts can be traced back to the peace settlement
•Everything ultimately revolves around religion
•The new division of the Middle-East was a European invention
Sources http://www.ucdp.uu.se/gpdatabase/gpcountry.php?id=92®ionSelect=10-Middle_Easthttp://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/?marker=15
http://globalis.no/Land/Libanon
http://www.globalis.no/Konflikter/Libanon
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-14649284
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_violent_events_relating_to_the_Syrian_Civil_War_spillover_in_Lebanon_(2014%E2%80%93present)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War_spillover_in_Lebanon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillover_of_the_Syrian_Civil_War
http://www.insightonconflict.org/conflicts/lebanon/conflict-profile/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93Syria_relations
http://www.geneva-academy.ch/RULAC/current_conflict.php?id_state=126