Intro to the Modern Middle East w/ Dr. Chris Lee

1. Welcome to the
Modern Middle East!

2. American Missionaries in the Middle East

3. America’s Rising Influence
The Moroccan Crisis

4. Balfour Declaration

5. The Fall of the Ottoman Empire
World War I and the Armenian Genocide

6. British Influence in Iraq

7. Cold War & the Modern Middle East
Map posted by the Univ ofMinnesota History Department

8. The Creation of Israel

9. The Suez Crisis

10. The Long history of the Middle East
Central Oregon Comm College

11. Your Instructor
• Chris Lee, Ph.D. in History, 2001
• 23 years in the military
• 2005 – present: National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency (NGA)
• Ten years with Peru State College
People say I look like Ben Franklin.