One of the main reasons that the Three Gorges dam was built was to prevent flooding further downstream. The need for a dam was highlighted in 1954 when people were killed as a result of flooding of the Yangtze River.
Arab Spring refers to the democratic uprisings that arose independently and spread across the Arab world in 2011. The movement originated in Tunisia in December 2010 and quickly took hold in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan.
British rule over Palestine. April 1920. Haj El-Amin, later to become the Mufti of Jerusalem, leads riots against the Jewish population of Jerusalem as Britain. and France participate in a League of Nations conference in San Remo Italy to issue a mandate for British and French. rule over the Middle East.