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The Middle East
• Mostly Arabian Culture• Mostly Islamic
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The Middle East
• The Middle East is a flexible term– Includes most of North Africa plus Southwest Asia
• Some countries in North Africa may be excluded• Some countries in Central Asia may be excluded
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North Africa• Morocco• Algeria• Tunisia• Libya• Egypt
Southwest Asia• Iraq• Syria• Jordan• Lebanon• Palestine• Yemen
Gulf States• Saudi Arabia• Kuwait• Qatar• UAE (United Arab
Emirates)
• Bahrain• Oman
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• Speak Arabic• The borders to most Arabic countries
were drawn by Europeans• Borders are not along ethnic lines• Borders are not along religious lines
–Causes conflict where a strong leader (normally) holds the country together
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Non Arab Countries in the Middle East
• Israel– Jewish
• Turkey– Turkish language and culture
• Iran– Persian language and culture
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Islam: Sunni vs. Shia
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Natural Resources
• The middle east’s main resource is still Oil
• Many of the Middle Eastern countries were founding members of OPEC– Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, &
Kuwait
• Tries to control the price of oil by limiting supply
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Natural Resources
• The Middle East lacks fresh water resources
• Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Oman use desalination plants to get fresh water
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Hagia SophiaHagia Sophia
• Built by the Roman Emperor Justinian in 532
• First a Cathedral, then a Mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey
• Largest unsupported dome in the world
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Arabic Architecture
• Has pointed arches
• Verses from the Koran and names of the prophets are incorporated into the buildings
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• Morocco• Algeria• Tunisia• Libya• Egypt• Sudan• Mali• Niger
•Most people in Northern Africa live
•Along the coast
•Along the Nile River
•Along the Niger River
•All these areas provide fertile soil and better climates
•Arabic is the most common language
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Sahara• Made mostly of rocks and gravel• Ergs-field of sand dunes
• Regs- extensive gravel-covered plains
• Hammadas- barren, stony, plateaus
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Sahara Bigger than the Continental United States
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TUAREGS
• Known for the blue robes they wear for protection from the Sahara desert
• Trade across the Sahara connecting Sub-Sahara Africa with the ports and goods of Northern Africa
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TUAREGS
• Ancient people who originally traded salt for gold in the Ancient Malian city of Timbuktu
• Have their own culture and ethnic identity separate from the rest of Africa
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Mali• In 2012, the Tuareg fought
for their own independent country in northern Mali.
• This weakened the government’s control of the area and militant terrorist groups seized the whole northern part of the country
• These terrorists wanted to set up a militant Islamic homeland
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Mali• In January 2013 France invaded northern
Mali in an effort to kick out all terrorists in Mali
• In retaliation, terrorist groups in Algeria kidnapped European, American, and Japanese workers
• The Algerian military immediately intervened
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TERRORISM
• violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror)
• Is done for a religious, political or, ideological goal– Ideological-characterizes the thinking of
a group or nation
• Targets civilians or people who do not fight
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Egypt
• People have been living along the Nile River for eight thousand years
• The river provided:– Water for crops– A transportation route– Fertile soil
• The surrounding desert provided safety from invaders
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Arabia• Rub al-Khali-the empty quarter
– The world’s largest sand sea– Makes up 20% of Arabia’s land
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Iraq and Mesopotamia• The world’s first civilizations began here
along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers• These rivers begin in Turkey and flow
through Syria and Iraq
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Stateless Nations• A stateless nation is a nation of people that do not have any land that is legally theirs• Example:
Between 70 AD and 1948 the Jews were a stateless nation
• No Israel on the map
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Since 1948 the Palestinians have been considered to be a stateless nation
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Kurdistan
• Kurds live in Turkey, Syria Iraq and Iran
•Kurds do not have their own country
•Stateless Nation
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Kurdistan (stateless nation)
• Kurds are not Arabic or Turkish• Kurdish Terrorists fight for Kurdish
independence in Turkey
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Ottoman Empire• Capital was Istanbul
• Ruled Eastern Mediterranean
• Declined in 17th & 18th Centuries
• Fell after WWIhttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/Turkey.html
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Colonial Times• Ottoman Empire fell after WWI• Britain and France divided up
its possessions• French Mandate included
–Lebanon and Syria
• British Mandate included–Palestine, Trans-Jordan and Iraq
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British & French Mandates
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