Documents Unit: The Cold War Topic: The Middle East. The Notebook Quiz is coming!

Unit: The Cold War Topic: The Middle East The Notebook Quiz is coming! 1. Why the Middle East? The ME is a strategic location, containing giant oil fields as well as key…

Documents Emergent Nationalism in the Middle East The Battle of Islam.

Emergent Nationalism in the Middle East The Battle of Islam OVERVIEW In this lesson we examine: Background to Shiite and Sunni conflict Reasons for the Iranian Revolution…

Documents Before the Iran-Iraq War In the years after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War Iran, under the Shah, was a US...

Before the Iran-Iraq War In the years after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War Iran, under the Shah, was a US ally while Iraq was in the Soviet camp Iran kept an eye on the USSR &…