antinopol, now istanbul, and established the adamman empire.ing the first world war, the turkish government sided with the germans. a decision, not smart. as germany was defeated and the ottoman empire subsequently broken apart. it was during this period that the british took control under what was called the british mandate. it was also during this period when european jews began to immigrate to the region under a political philosophy called zionism. a desire to establish a jewish homeland. tentions grew between these immigrants and the native population and the british turn to the newly. created united nations to help sort out the problem they had helped create in the first place. in 1948, the un, in a vote of the general assembly, created israel, and immediately a war broke out between israel and its arab neighbors. after series of brutal battles in which tens of thousands of palestinians fled, an armistice was established, and jordan took control of the area, known as the west bank or west of the jordan river. then again in 1967 a war broke