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Age of Decolonization

1945-1975 (Arguably). Post WWII Era when Europe was weakend and colonial countries took their freedom (By Force, diplomacy, or protest) Prominent figures include: Ghandi, Mandela, MInh, Nkrumah, Nasser

Battle of Algers (Film)

1966 Movie made after Algerian independence, showing how the French tried to put down the insurgency

Chinas involvment in Africa

2013-Present. The belt and road initiative, China is trying to build efficient transportation and infrastructure across China and western Asia. This includes new trains, ports, highways, and trade routes “Silk road part two”

Chinese Civil war

1927-1949. Chinese communists (CCP Led by Mao Zedhong) VS Chinese Socialists (KMT Led by Chiang Kai-Shek) Mao wins and creates THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA, Kai-Shek retreats to modern day TAIWAN, calls it THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (‘The peoples” - Communist)

Climate justice

A framework and movement highlighting that climate change disproportionately impacts marginalized, low-income, and Indigenous communities, despite them being least responsible for emissions

Counterinsurgencey

The comprehensive combination of military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken by a government to defeat an insurgency (The FRENCH in ALGERIA, the UNITED STATES, in AFGHANISTAN and IRAQ)

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1954 to 1970. Led the Egyptian revolution against king Farouk. Also considered the main guy credited with the spread of Pan-Arabism, and creater of the UAR before its dissolvement following the 6 Days war

Greater East Asian co-prosperity sphere

1940-1945. Japanese propaganda movement to unite the Eastern-Asian countries and territories into a united East-Asian bloc led by the Japanese. Disguised imperialism

Hamas

Found in 1987, Palestinian terrorist group responsible for the October 7th attacks in 2023. Against peace and the country of Israel. Arose during the intifada in 1987. Repeated on and off encounters with Israel since its founding, mainly located in the Gaza strip.

Islamism

A Diverse range of political and religious ideologies holding that Islam should guide social, political, and personal life, often seeking to implement Sharia law and establish Islamic states (ran, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Brunei, Mauritania, and Yemen)

Kwame Nkrumah

Prime minister of Ghana and the Gold Coast 1952-1957. Leader when Ghana gained independence from Britian. Another champion of Pan-Arabism and later president of Ghana

Mao Zedong

1949-1976 leader of the CCP and the newly formed PRC (Mainland China) Winner of the Chinese civil war

Meji Restoration

1868-1912. Period of Japanese industrialization after the forced end to the sakoku policy and replacement of the Tokugawa Shogunate.. Japan gets more ports, railroads, factories, and grows to become a large imperial power by the 1920s.

Muslim League

(founded 1906) was a major political party in British India that drove the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Founded in Dhaka to protect Muslim interests, it later adopted a two-nation theory under Muhammad Ali Jinnah, pushing for a separate state over fears of Hindu domination in an independent India.

Neocolonialism

The use of economic, political, cultural, or other indirect pressures by developed nations or transnational corporations to control or influence developing nations, particularly former colonies

Pan-Arabism

Originating after the collapse of the ottoman empire and lasting unitl the end of the six days war A nationailst policy that seeks to unite all Arab and north African countries. Emerging in the late 19th century, it promotes the belief that Arabs form a single nation, aiming to unite them in a single state while opposing Western interference. (UAR!)

Republic of China

Modern day Taiwan. Where the socialists fled after their defeat in the Chinese civil war

Satyagraha

The non Violent policy and philosophy used by Ghandi in order to get the British out of India. Inspired MLK and to a lesser extent Nelson Mandele. Sucsessful

Six Days war

1967, Israel V Coalition of Arab states. Israel wins and takes over the Golan Heights in Syria, the Gaza strip, And the Sinai penninsula. After this the idea of Pan Arabism falls apart and the movement loses steam. Triple israels land control and displaced thousands. Caused by increasing tensions and Israel mobilizing its millitary on the borders

Third World movement

1950s–1960s, political and ideological project, uniting newly independent nations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America against colonial rule, imperialism, and Cold War pressures. It advocated for non-alignment, economic development, and sovereignty for the Global South