| 1917- Britain Captures Palestine |
1970- Black September |
| 1920- Palestine British Mandate |
1973-October War |
| 1920- Syria French Mandate |
1974- Disengagement Agreement |
| 1921- Faisal Becomes King of Iraq |
1975- Civil War in Lebanon |
| 1922- Egypt Given Limited Indp. |
1975 King Faisel Assassinated |
| 1923-TransJordan Become Indp |
1975-Suez Canal Reopened |
| 1925-Druse Revolt Against French |
1977-Sadat Comes to Jerusalem |
| 1929-Rioting in Palestine |
1979 Peace Treaty Israel-Egypt |
| 1936-Oil Found in Saudi Arabia |
1979-Shah of Iran Ousted |
| 1936-Arab Revolt in Palestine |
1979- US Embassy Seized in Iran |
| 1937-Peel Commission |
1980- Iran-Iraq War |
| 1939-The White Paper |
1981-Israel Destroys Iraq's Reactor |
| 1947- Unrest in Palestine- |
1981-Anwar Sadat Assassinated |
| 1947-UN Votes for partition |
1982- Israel Invades Lebanon |
| 1948-State of Israel Declared |
1982- Sabra and Shatilla |
| 1951-King Abudullah Assassinated |
1983- US Peacekeeper Killed |
| 1952- King Farouk Abdicates |
1986-US Planes Attack Tripoli |
| 1953- Mossadegh Ousted in Iran |
1987- USS Stark Hit by Iraq |
| 1956- Suez Campaign |
1988-Iranian Plane Downed by US |
| 1958-Egypt and Syria Found UAR |
1990-1991- Gulf War |
| 1958- US Troops Land in Lebanon |
1993-Israel PLO Agreement |
| 1959- Algerian Independence Vote |
1995- Rabin Assassinated |
| 1961-Kuwait Gains Independence |
1996- Terror Hits Israel |
| 1962- Israel Finds Eichmann Guilty |
1997- Saudi Barracks Bombed |
| 1962-Algeria Independent |
1999- Barak Elected Israel Prime Minister |
| 1967- Six Day War |
2001- Second Intifadah Breaks Out |
| 1969-1970-War of Attrition |
2005- Israel withdraws from Gaza |
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2011- Mubarak Resigns |
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2012-Morsi President of Egypt |
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2015-Iran Nuclear Deal |
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2018- Jamal Khashoggi Killed |
