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like in history time, what was the european influence on jordan? now?

2007-03-19 14:27:09 · 2 answers · asked by angy_4ever2003 2 in Arts & Humanities History

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During the nineteenth century, Iraq, Palestine (renamed the state of Israel in 1948), Jordan, Syria, and Cyprus are all part of the Ottoman empire. European powers, primarily the British and French, move into the region as the Ottoman grip loosens. As a result, Arab culture yields increasingly to Western art forms and styles. Lebanon is among the first Arab countries to adopt Western art, which infiltrates the country through European missionaries, who open convents and schools and introduce lithography and printing. The missionaries in Lebanon are responsible for establishing the basis for a cultural, social, and political life centered on Christianity, which leads to a flowering of art and culture and the evolution of the Gothic school of religious painting. In the 1860s, artists such as Nicmatullah Allah al-Macadi and Daoud al-Corm (1852–1930) are dispatched to Europe to study. The first Arab reaction against the Ottoman government is witnessed in this region at the end of the nineteenth century. It is initiated as a literary movement by the American Presbyterian Mission, which produces new school textbooks in Arabic rather than Turkish.

2007-03-19 16:24:20 · answer #1 · answered by bella0104baby 2 · 0 0

Its boundaries were set by the French and British after WW1 when it was known as Transjordan before that it was part of Syria within the Ottoman Empire.
It's king and form of government were chosen by the British and its army was trained and officered by the British which is why their army still has a bagpipe band wearing tartan.

2007-03-19 19:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0 0

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