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Ms. Hermann

World History
Assignment: Independence Movements


Consult these sites first for background information on your country:

InfoPlease Countries
http://www.infoplease.com/countries.html

BBC News Country Profiles [no Palestine]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm

U.S. Department of State Background Notes [no Palestine]
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/

Library of Congress Country Studies [no Palestine]
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/


India

India & Pakistan: 50 Years of Independence; CNN
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/India97/


Palestine/Israel

The 1948 War
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/1948_War.html


Turkey

Turkish War of Independence; Wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_War_of_Independence


Egypt

Egypt – History; Arab Net
http://www.arab.net/egypt/index.html

Dr. Yunan Labib Rizk gauges Egyptian sentiment during 66 days of defiance based on articles and editorials published by Al-Ahram
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/456/chrncls.htm

 

 

 

 


 
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