What is a Revolution?

What is “Revolution” Revolution- a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. What makes a revolution successful? Who would classify it as successful? Think-Pair-Share

Arab Spring

Background Also known as the Arab revolutions *Revolutionary wave of violent and non-violent demonstrations, riots, coups, protests, and civil wars *Occurred in the Middle East and Northern Africa *Began December 17, 2010 with the Tunisian Revolution *The effect of the revolution spread to five other countries Libya Egypt Yemen Syria Iraq

Background Cont. The major “slogan” for these revolutions was “The people want to bring down the regime” *Initial protests died down mid 2012, and were met with violent responses from the authorities and pro- government militias *Conflict was essentially between a consolidation of power by religious elites, and those wanting democracy in these Muslim majority countries. Think Talaban

What countries were involved? Africa Tunisia Algeria Libya Egypt Morocco Sudan Dijbouti Mauritania

Countries involved- Middle East Jordan Oman Yemen Iraq Bahrain Kuwait Lebanon Saudi Arabia Syria Iran Palestine/Borders of Israel

Causes *The young generation was peacefully rising up against oppressive authoritarianism to secure a more democratic political system and a brighter economic future. Believed to be instigated by dissatisfaction with the* rule of local government, income gaps, and pressures caused by the great recession

*More causes Issues with the current dictatorship/absolute monarchy Human rights violations Political corruption Economic decline Unemployment Poverty Concentration of wealth in the hands of those in power.