| A | B |
|---|
| Suleiman the Magnificent | led Ottoman Empire to be most powerful nation in world |
| Dome of the Rock | sacred to Muslims - where Muhammed ascended into Heaven |
| Millets | non-Muslim religios communities allowed to follow own laws |
| Mohammed Ali | Pasha of Egypt in 1805 - modernized Egypt |
| Suez Canal | connects Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea |
| Sherif Hussein bin Ali | Ottoman Govonor of Mecca & Medina in 1915 |
| Sykes Picot Agreement | signed by French and British in 1916 carves Ottoman territories into those contolled by French and British |
| Balfour Declaration | 1917, British promised Jews they would have their own homeland |
| Palestine Congress | 1919,Arabs formed Congress to discuss political future of Palestine. Jews should not have their own homeland |
| Wailing Wall Crisis | violence started when screen put up at wailing wall by Jews |
| Passfield White Paper | Jews had to get permission from British to buy land & restricted Jew immigration |
| Robert Peel | British guy said should partition Palestine to a Jewish state and an Arab state |
