1. ASIAN INDEPENDENCEASIAN INDEPENDENCE Post World War IIPost World War II

3. INDIA

4. INDIAN HISTORYINDIAN HISTORY India is one of the 4 oldest civilizations in history. Home of Hinduism & Buddhism – Belief in Reincarnation Hindu Caste System: reward or punishment for previous life – Untouchables—people without caste

5. MUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIAMUSLIM CONQUEST OF INDIA Introduced Islam to India – Shah Jahan Build Taj Mahal Hindu population were sometimes discriminated against Sikhs combined religious ideas from Hinduism and Islam

6. BRITISH IMPERIAL INDIABRITISH IMPERIAL INDIA 1750’s British East India Trading Company 1857 Sepoy Mutiny 1886 Indian National Congress began fight for Indian Independence

7. MOHANDAS K. GANDHIMOHANDAS K. GANDHI 1869-1948 1893-1915 fought passport system in South Africa 1930 Salt March 1947 India became independent “Live simply so that others can simply live.”

8. INDIA & PAKISTANINDIA & PAKISTAN

9. NEHRU JINNAHNEHRU JINNAH Prime Minister 1947- 1964 Modernized India Equality for women & untouchables Died 1 year after Pakistan became independent

10. PROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIAPROBLEMS FACING MODERN INDIA Overpopulation: Birth Control Green Revolution tripled food production Religious conflict: Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs Political Assassination

11. BANGLADESH East Pakistan not treated equal 1971 independent from Pakistan Modern secularism Monsoon Flooding

12. PROBLEMS FACING PAKISTANPROBLEMS FACING PAKISTAN Benazir Bhutto elected 1988, assassinated 2007 Growing threat of Islamic extremists including Taliban & Al Qaeda Pakistan Nuclear Weapons Program

13. SWAT VALLEYSWAT VALLEY

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17. MYANMAR Military dictatorship Aung San Suu Kyi Non-violent civil disobedience Won Noble Peace Prize Under house arrest for last 14 years

18. CHINA.

19. ROAD TO REVOLUTIONROAD TO REVOLUTION 1911 Dr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew Emperor Civil War between Fascist Jiang Kai-shek & Communist Mao Zedong

20. COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONCOMMUNIST REVOLUTION 1949 Mao Zedong Communist dictator of China Government ownership of all farms & businesses

21. CULTURAL REVOLUTIONCULTURAL REVOLUTION Teenage Red Guard used to attack anyone resisting change Civil Unrest

22. CHINA ABANDONED COMMUNISMCHINA ABANDONED COMMUNISM Deng Xiaoping adopts Capitalism Communist Party still controlled Government 1989: Tiananmen Square student protest

23. ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICTARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT

24. ISRAEL, 1949ISRAEL, 1949

25. PALESTINIAN REFUGEESPALESTINIAN REFUGEES

26. Gamal Abdul Nasser President of Egypt SUEZ CRISIS - 1956SUEZ CRISIS - 1956 Nasser began modern Islamic & Arab Nationalism

27. Six-Day War (1967 Six-Day War (1967) Israel gained – West Bank (Jordan) – Golan Heights (Syria) – Sinai (Egypt)

28. Palestine Liberation Organization Yassir Arafat fought for a nation for Palestinians within the nation of Israel

29. Peace between Israel & Egypt Camp David Accords (1979) President President Prime Minister Anwar Sadat Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin of Egypt of the U. S. Of Israel

31. Uprising within Israel Palestinian Intifada (1987-1993)

32. Can the Palestinians & Israelis live in peace?

33. GROUP INSTRUCTIONSGROUP INSTRUCTIONS Take turns reading the timeline aloud. Mark each date as –P (Palestinians are to blame) or –I (Israelis are to blame); or B for both or N for neither. Decide who you think is most to blame in the conflict—the Arabs or Israelis. List the factual details that support your choice.

34. IRAN.

35. Shah of Iran (r. 1941 – 1977)  Institutes Western reforms.  Majority of his people live in poverty.  Brutal suppression of dissidents Q5

36. AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI LED REVOLUTION

37. IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISISIRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS 1979-1981 American Embassy held hostage

38. 52 Americans Held Hostage for 444 Days!

40. AFGHANISTAN

41. TALIBAN Islamic Fundamentalist Group Gave refuge to Osama Bin Laden & al Qaeda in 2001 Mistreat women

42. TERMS Sharpeville Massacre: Sharpeville Massacre: in 1960, police gunned down 69 peaceful protesters in a black township; beginning of violence in South Africa Soweto: Soweto: site of 1980’s student protest movement in South Africa