In class on March 8, Professor Cargill mentioned that Jordan was one of his favorite places, but I have to disagree. I lived in Jordan for 4 months, and while I had some interesting experiences there, it definitely never became my favorite place, nor would I ever want to live there. I understand that I am not an archaeologist and Jordan does have amazing archaeological sites, but if I were to be one, I would still choose to live in Egypt, but I am probably bias seeing as how I travel to Egypt quite often.
During lecture though we learned about the Sykes-picot agreement, Churchill's White Paper, & the Peel Commission. The agreement of 1916 state that the British were going to control everything below the border between Lebanon and Israel. They're going to have influence on Iraq and Jordan. The French were going to control Beirut, Lebanon & Syria. Churchill's White Paper was written in 1922 and it clarified how Britain viewed the Balfour Declaration. Originally, Britain didn't support a Jewish national home, but they supported the continuation of a Jewish community in Palestine. The Peel Commission of 1937 established boarders in Israel between the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs were granted most of the land, but they were discontented because they wanted all of it, so they did not agree to the commission. Jewish people then began to build up infrastructure and grow in numbers in land that was originally proposed to Arabs under the Peel Commission. Then there was the Arab-Israeli war, or the War of Independence, in 1948.
During lecture though we learned about the Sykes-picot agreement, Churchill's White Paper, & the Peel Commission. The agreement of 1916 state that the British were going to control everything below the border between Lebanon and Israel. They're going to have influence on Iraq and Jordan. The French were going to control Beirut, Lebanon & Syria. Churchill's White Paper was written in 1922 and it clarified how Britain viewed the Balfour Declaration. Originally, Britain didn't support a Jewish national home, but they supported the continuation of a Jewish community in Palestine. The Peel Commission of 1937 established boarders in Israel between the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs were granted most of the land, but they were discontented because they wanted all of it, so they did not agree to the commission. Jewish people then began to build up infrastructure and grow in numbers in land that was originally proposed to Arabs under the Peel Commission. Then there was the Arab-Israeli war, or the War of Independence, in 1948.
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