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History of Vanuatu - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_VanuatuWebStarting in 1921, French plantation owners let Annamese workers from the Gulf of Tonkin come to the New Hebrides under 5 years contracts. They were 437 in 1923, 5413 in 1930, then after the crisis 1630 in 1937. There was some social and political unrest among them in 1947. In 1949 the plantation owners wished to replace Annamese by "more docile ...
Faisal–Weizmann Agreement - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal–Weizmann_AgreementWebThe Faisal–Weizmann Agreement was a 3 January 1919 agreement between Emir Faisal, the third son of Hussein ibn Ali al-Hashimi, King of the short-lived Kingdom of Hejaz, and Chaim Weizmann, a Zionist leader who had negotiated the 1917 Balfour Declaration with the British government, signed two weeks before the start of the Paris Peace Conference. ...
Mandate for Palestine - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_for_PalestineWebThe Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918. The mandate was assigned to Britain by the San Remo conference in April 1920, after France's concession in the 1918 …
Modern history of Syria - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_history_of_SyriaWebSyria under the Mandate OETA. The Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (OETA) was a joint British and French military administration over Levantine and Mesopotamian provinces of the former Ottoman Empire between 1918 and 1920, set up following the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I.The administration ended following the …
İskenderun - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/İskenderunWebİskenderun (Arabic: إسكندرونة), historically known as Alexandretta ... İskenderun is located on the eastern Mediterranean coast on the Gulf of İskenderun, at the foot of the Nur Mountains (Amanos Mountains). Climate. İskenderun has hot, dry summers, and mild, moderately rainy winters (Köppen: Csa, Trewartha: Cs). At certain times ...
Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_PurchaseWebThe Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. In return for fifteen million dollars, or approximately eighteen dollars per square mile, the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi (2,140,000 km 2; …
Muslim conquest of the Levant - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_LevantWebThe Muslim conquest of the Levant (Arabic: فَتْحُ الشَّام, romanized: Feth eş-Şâm), also known as the Rashidun conquest of Syria, occurred in the first half of the 7th century, shortly after the rise of Islam. As part of the larger military campaign known as the early Muslim conquests, the Levant was brought under the rule of the Rashidun Caliphate and …
History of Mauritania - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_MauritaniaWebAs the country gained independence on November 28, 1960, the capital city, Nouakchott, was founded at the site of a small village founded during the colonial period, the Ksar, while 90% of the population was still nomadic.With independence, larger numbers of ethnic Sub-Saharan Africans (Haalpulaar, Soninke, and Wolof) entered Mauritania, moving into the …
Rashidun army - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashidun_armyWebThe Rashidun army (Arabic: جيش الراشدين) was the core of the Rashidun Caliphate's armed forces during the early Muslim conquests in the 7th century. The army is reported to have maintained a high level of discipline, strategic prowess and organization, granting them successive victories in their various campaigns.
Anatolia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnatoliaWebTraditionally, Anatolia is considered to extend in the east to an indefinite line running from the Gulf of Alexandretta to the Black Sea, coterminous with the Anatolian Plateau.This traditional geographical definition is used, for example, in the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. Under this definition, Anatolia is bounded to the east …
New France - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_FranceWebNew France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.. The vast territory of New France consisted of five colonies at its peak in 1712, …
Newfoundland (island) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)WebNewfoundland (/ ˈ nj uː f ən (d) l ə n d,-l æ n d, nj uː ˈ f aʊ n d-/, locally / ˌ nj uː f ən d ˈ l æ n d /; French: Terre-Neuve, Canadian French: [taɛ̯ʁ.nœːv]; Miꞌkmaq: Ktaqmkuk) is a large island off the east coast of the North American mainland and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.It has 29 percent of the province's …
Franco-Turkish War - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Turkish_WarWebThe Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign (French: La campagne de Cilicie) in France and as the Southern Front (Turkish: Güney Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence in Turkey, was a series of conflicts fought between France (the French Colonial Forces and the French Armenian Legion) and the Turkish National Forces (led …
Partition of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_the_Ottoman_EmpireWebThe partition of the Ottoman Empire (30 October 1918 – 1 November 1922) was a geopolitical event that occurred after World War I and the occupation of Constantinople by British, French and Italian troops in November 1918. The partitioning was planned in several agreements made by the Allied Powers early in the course of World War I, notably the …