Iraq 6 dates — 1920: birth of Iraq -> major border disputes that led to 1980-89: Iran-Iraq War 1991: Gulf War May 1920: internal revolts 1921: Faisal made King to ease tensions 1932: independence

Sykes-Picot Agreement

Balfour Declaration

San Remo Conference

Treaty of Sèvres

Mandate System

Turkish War of Independence

Treaty of Lausanne

Syria & Lebanon 4 dates

Zionism

Balfour Declaration impact in Palestine

Haganah

Palestinian riots at the Wailling Wall and Hebron

Great Arab Revolt

Widening gap between the Jewish and Arab communities in the 30s

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the Jewish settlers

Impact of the Great Arab Revolt on the British

Passfield white paper

Arab Executive in Palestine

Sir John-Hope-Simpson

Peel Royal Commission

British White Paper

British White Paper : “His Majesty’s Government therefore now declare unequivocally that it is not part of their policy that Palestine should become a Jewish State”

Reactions to the White Paper 1939

These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious.

I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and hard core, radical way for the Lord. In the process, if I insult a couple of people, if I offend a couple of people, and if I got to shake it up a little bit, as long as it is led by the Holy Spirit, amen.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

I guess when I think about it, one of the things I like to dramatise, and what is sometimes funny, is someone coming unglued. I don't consider myself someone who is making the argument that I support these choices. I just think it can be funny.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction.

I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body.

I like clothes that are easy to wear. I like to be comfortable and confident. When people have an inner sense of confidence, they're more beautiful.

Historically, defense spending cuts have preceded increased international turmoil as America's global enemies sense a failure of will.

All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob.

To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.

Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

I think I will always feel like an outsider.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I don't know why you would trade a stud pitcher.

When I began singing, it was the first time I was happy in my life. As a baby, I would stop crying when I heard a great singer.

The New York Times Bestseller 'The Amateur,' written by Ed Klein, former editor of the 'New York Times Magazine,' is one of the best books I've read.

These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science.

I used to not even be able to order pizza on the phone because I was just so shy. I think that's why so much comes out on-screen: because that's my time to let go in a safe place. When you're doing that, it's all written down on paper, and it's total fiction.

Traditional arguments for the existence of God and contemporary attempts to use fine-tuning and cosmology to back up the case for his existence always strike me as kinds of games, since hardly anyone believes on the basis of these arguments at all.

If I were to try to describe the way in which I write, the only word I would use without qualification is 'slowly.'

Its your place in the world its your life. Go on and do all you can with it and make it the life you want to live.

TV's hard work. I don't know how the hell Angela Lansbury survived doing 'Murder, She Wrote' all those years. And sure, everyone wants to be Bruce Willis or George Clooney - they want to be in film for the range of characters you get to play.