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SOME ON ARABIAN PENINSULA
RIVERBEDS THAT REMAIN DRY EXCEPT DURING RAINY SEASON - MAJOR MT RANGES?
- HINDU KUSH (AFGANISTAN, LINKED WITH MTS IN ASIA) , ZAGROS (WESTERN IRAN) , TAURUS MTS (SEPARATE TURKEY WITH SW ASIA)
- FERTILE CRESCENT?
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TIGRIS, EUPHRATES RIVERS RUN THROUGH
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS LIVED (EX. SUMERIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS)
"CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION" - JORDAN RIVER?
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IN LEBANON NEAR MT. HERMON
SEPARATES ISRAEL AND JORDAN
FLOWS THROUGH DEAD SEA - DEAD SEA?
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LAND LOCKED SALT LAKE
ONLY BACTERIA LIVES IN IT B/C ITS SO SALTY
A LONG TIME AGO EARTH WAS PUSHED AGAINST IT FORMING THE DEAD SEA - GOLAN HEIGHTS WAS FOUGHT FOR...
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PLATEAU LOOKING OVER JORDAN RIVER AND SEA OF GALILEE
STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR FIGHTING
TOP OF THE HILL=GOOD - 2 MEAIN PENINSULAS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE
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ARABIAN PENINSULA= SEPARATES AFRICA BY RED SEA. HELPS GOODS GO THROUGH THE SUEZ CANEL
ANATOLIAN PENINSULA= TURKEY. RIEVERS NEAR IT HELP TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION - WATER MORE VALUABLE THAN OIL
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WATER CAN BE USED FOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER
WATER IS SCARCE
THERE IS MORE OIL (OVER HALF OF WORLD'S SUPPLY!) - eXTREMELY ARID
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SOUTHWEST ASIA
LESS THAN 18IN OF RAIN A YR
COVERED WITH ROUGH, DRY TERRAIN
SAND DUNES
AINIMALS AND VEGETATION SURVIVE WITH EXTREME TEMPS - RUD AL-KHALI?
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KNOWN AS "EMPTY QUARTER" OR "PLACE WHERE NO ONE COMES OUT"
VAST DESERT ABOUT THE SIZE OF TEXAS
ON ARABIAN PENINSULA
SAND RIDGES, DUES
TEMP OF SAND CAN BE UP TO 150 DEGREES!!! SOMETIMES WITHOUT RAIN FOR 10 YRS! - iCEBERG STORY
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ICEBURGS HOLD WATER
1981-- PEOPLE FROM M.E. TRIED TO BRING ICEBERG HOME ON A BIG BOAT FOR FRESHWATER - WATER CHALLENGES?
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FINDING AND STORING WATER DIFFICULT
ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS - AN-NAFUD
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desert
occasional oasis
in syria
SEPARATES LEBANON, ISRAEL, SYRIA AND TIGRIS - DASHT-EKAVIR
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IN IRAN
CENTRAL PART
SALT FLAT (WINDS EVAPORATE THE MOISTURE IN THE SOIL, CHEMICAL SALTS REMAIN CREATING A SALT FLAT - SEMIARID?
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WARM TO HOT SUMMERS
ONLY ENOUGH RAINFALL FOR GRASS AND SHRUBS
GOOD PASTURE FOR ANIMALS - MEDITERRANIAN COASTAL REGION?
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GREEN, LUSH
PLATEAUS, MTS - DAMS AND IRRIGATION?
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SOME ANCIENT PRACTICES
HELPS MEET NEEDS OF FARMS
NEED FOR DAMS AND IRRIGATION
PROVIDE HYDROELECTRIC POWER
COUNTRIES DOWNHILL GET A DISADVANTAGE
H20 FROM GOLAN HEIGHTS, JORDAN RIVER, SEA OF GALILEE
WATER USED TO SUPPLY DESERT - NATIONAL WATER CARRIER PROJECT
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IN ISRAEL
CARRIES FROM NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY
CARRIES TO CENTER AND SOUTH
WATER FROM MT AREAS
EX. GOLAN HEIGHTS, JORDAN RIVER - DRIP IRRIGATION?
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REMOVAL OF SALT FROM OCEAN WATER
DONE IN TECHNICAL WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
MAY BE STILL TOO SALTY TO USE
VERY EXPENSIVE
CANNOT MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL THE M.E. - FOSSIL WATER?
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WATER PUMPED FROM AQUIFIERS
(WELLS)
BEEN IN AQUIFIER FOR LONG PERIODS O TIME
LITTLE RAINFALL TO REFILL AQUIFIER
25-30 YRS OF WATER REMAINS - REFINERY?
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CRUDE OIL PUPED FROM REFINERY
CONVERTS CRUDE OIL INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS
PIPELINES TRANSPORT OIL
BRINGS REFINERIES OR PORTS - JERUSALEM?
- 3 MAJOR RELIGIONS CAME OUT OF
- PLO
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PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION
FOR ARABS TO REGAIN LAND
PERSUED POLITICAL AND MILITARY MEANDS TO TAKE ARAB LAND IN ISRAEL - JERSUSALEM TO JEWS
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ANCIENT HOMELAND
LOCATIED IN OLD PART OF THE CITY
KING SOLOMON BUILT FIRST TEMPLE
2ND TEMPLE WAS BUILD IN 538 BC
MODERN JEWS PRAY IN THE HOLIEST SITE
A PORTION (WESTERN WALL) CALLED WAILING WALL IS REMAINING WHICH WAS PART OF THE 2ND TEMPLE DESTROYED IN AD 70 - JERUSALEM TO CHRISTIANS
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LOCATOIN OF FINAL SUFFERINGS AND CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
PARTS OF CITY IMPORTANT TO THE LIFE OF JESUS
CHRISTIANS VISIT PLACES LIKE THE MOUNT OF OLIVES NAD THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE BY 1000s
WHEN IN MUSLIM CONTROL, CHRISTIANS LAUNCHED CRUSADES
PLACED THEM UNDER CONTROL OF CHRISTIANS
LAND RETURED TO THE CONTROL OF MUSLIMS - JERUSALEM TO MUSLIMS
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3RD MOST HOLY CITY
WHERE DOME OF TH EROCK IS
SAID THAT MOHAMMAD ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN
THIS IS WHERE ABRAHAM PERPARED TO SACRIFICE ISAAC (CLASH B/W JEWS AND MUSLIMS) - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION HISTORY
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POLITICAL TENSION AND UNREST
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (MUSLIM) CONTROLLED LANDS FROM 1520-1922
GREW WEAK SIDED WITH GERMAY IN WWII
FELL APART AFTER WAR
BRITAIN AND FRANCE GAINED LAND - MESOPOTAMIA
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ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS EMERGED FROM HERE
B/W TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
FERTILE SOIL=GOOD FOR CROPS - HITTITES
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BROUGHT IRON WEAPONS TO THE AREA
PRESENT DAY TURKEY - TALIBAN?
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IN AFGANISTAN
MUSLIM FUNDAMENTALISTS
STRICT RULES AGAIN PPL'S OPINIONS
SUSPECTED AS TERRORISTS OF 9/11
POLITICAL GROUP - SHIITE VS SUNNI
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ISLAM SPLIT IN 2 DIVISIONS
83% ARE SUNNI
MOST SHIITE LIVE IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN
SUNNI LIVE IN TURKEY, IRAQ, AFGANISTAN
DIVISION STARTED AFTER MOHAMMAD'S DEATH - KURD STRUGGLES VS TURKEY
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KURDS ARE A STATELSS SOCIETY
LIVE IN TURKEY, IRAN, IRAQ
THEY WERE PORMISED A HOMELAND AFTER WWI (NEVER GOT ONE)
KURDS CLASHED WITH TURKEY, IRAN, IRAQ GOV'TS - OIL IN PERSIAN GULF?
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OIL WAS FOUND IN IRAN IN 1908
BRITISH AND RUSSIAN FOUGHT FOR OIL
WARS IN 80S AND 90S TO GET THE OIL
FIGHTING ALSO TO KEEP OIL FEILDS OPEN - IRAN, TURKEY, MODERNIZING?
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CREATING WATER RESOURCES
TURKEY WANTS TO BE PART OF THE EU
TURKEY HAS A LOT OF STEEL
GOOD PLACE FOR TRADE
IRANS GOVT HAS HAD CHANGE
ECONOMIC GROWTH
OIL MONEY
DIVERSITIZING ECONOMY
IRAN IS STILL RECOVERING FROM WAR - PROGRESS INTERRUPTED?
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POLITICAL PROBLEMS
WAR RECOVERY
RESTRICTIONS BY US
LACKS TRANSPORTATION
NOT ENOUGHT WORKERS
CIVIL WAR
REFECTED EFFORTS TO MODERIZE
US BOMBS THEM.... HEH HEH
HUSSEIGN MEAN TO NEIGHBORS - HOW WAS ISRALE CREATED
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AFTER WII, JEWISH SURVIVORS WANTED TO MOVE TO PAELSTINE
WORLD OPINON- MAKE JEWISH NATION-STATE
1947=PLAN BY UN TO DIVIDE PALESTINE IN 2 PARTS (ONE FOR ARABS, ONE FOR JEWS) - OBSTACLES IN STABILITY?
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ARABS DISAGREED WITH THE DIVISION
THE NATIONS OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN WERE YOUNG
MANY POLITICAL DIVISIONS, REFUGEES, LACK OF WATER, WEAK INFRASTRUCTURE - WHY IS INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMATIC?
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COUNTRIES LACK A STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE
ROADS NEEDED REBUILT ETC
ALREADY HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT
GOOD CLIMATE, GOOD FOR TOURISM, GOOD LOCATION - RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE
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LESS COMMON TO EAT OUT
SEPARATE AREAS FOR MEN AND WOMAN
CAFES AND COFFEE SHOPS ONLY FOR MEN
EAT LATE (8-11) B/C OF PRAYER
THICK COFFEE AND TEA SERVED - CULTURES OF LEBANON
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REGUGE FOR MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS
MANY SHIITE MUSLIMS
DRUZE ALSO LIVE THERE (SECRETIVE ABOUT THEIR RELIGIOUS PRACTICES)
THEY LIVE IN THE MT AREAS
WIDE VARIEY OF CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES - ISRAEL'S DIVERISTY?
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MANY IMMIGRANTS
MANY ARE JEWISH
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
THE FOCUS OF JEWISH CULTURE DRAWS PPL OF THIS DIVERSE GROUP TOGETHER
HOME OF ARAB MUSLIMS
THERE'S SOME CHRISTIANS AND BAHAI
BRING VARIEY OF LANGUAGES AND LIFESTYLES - GUEST WORKERS?
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USED TO FILL JOB OPENINGS
MOSTLY FROM S, E, ASIA
FILL JOBS THAT WERE UNACCEPTABLE FOR BATIVES
90% OF WRKRS IN UAE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES B/C OF NATIVES AND GUEST WORKERS - STATELESS NATION?
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CONFLICTS: B/W KURDS AND OTHER GROUPS
AFTER WWI, ALLIES RECOMMENDED CREATING STATE FOR THE GROUP
KURDS JUST BECAME A PART OF OTHERNATIONS (TURKEY, IRAQ, IRQN, SYRIA)
BECAME STATELESS SOCIETY (NATIONS OF PPL WITHOUT A LAND TO LEGALLY OCCUPY)
GOVTS MOVE KURDS BY FORCE TO CONTROL THEM - CHANGE THAT OIL MADE ON M.E.
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GAVE M.E. TECHNOLOGY
HELPED PUMP FUEL FROM GROUND
GAINED WEALTH FROM OIL
LED TO URANIZATION
NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS MADE IT EASIER TO ENTER CITIES AND TOWNS
MIGRATE TO CITIES TO FIND JOBS AND SHARE IN CITY'S RICHES
MANY JOBS AVAILIBLE - HISTORY OF PALESTINIANS?
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ARABS LIVING IN AREA USED TO CALLED PALESTINE IS NOW ISRAEL
STATELESS NATION
ARABS IN PALESTINE WERE PROMISED A HOMELAND
52 REGUGEE CAMPS...
REGUGEES CANNOT RETURN HOME OR IT WILL CAUSE CONFLICT
ABOUT 8.2 MILLION PALESTINIANS WRLD WIDE - STRATEGIC COMMODITY?
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AT THE BEGINNING OF 21ST CENTURY.. OIL FUELED INDUSTRY AND TRANSPORTATION (AND ECONOMIES)
STRATEGIC COMMODITY-- RESOURCE SO IMPORTANT THAT NATIONS GO TO WAR OVER IT
BLACK GOLD WAS AN EXAMPLE - QUEEN NOOR'S OPINION
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EDUCATION CHANGED WOMEN'S ROLES
NOW GIVEN MORE RIGHTS
GIVES COUNTRY MORE MONEY=MORE JOBS - OIL PRICES IN 96-97 TAUGHT M.E....
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NATIONS REALIZED THAT THEY COULDNT SOLEY RELY ON OIL
MADE OIL PRICES LOW AT THE TIME - 3 ECONOMIC GROWTH CHALLENGES?
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MODERNIZE INFRASTRUCTURE:
NEW IRRIAGATION SYSTEMS, ROADS, MALLS, ETC
DEVELOPING RESOURCES:
NEED MORE PRODUCTS TO DIVERSIFY
WELLS, DAMS NEEDED FOR WATER
THEY NEED CERTAIN THINGS TO MEET ECONOMIC NEEDS
HUMAN RESOURCES:
SKILLED WORKERS NEEDED
WOMAN NEEDED TO WORK SOMETIMES TO FILL JOBS
* A SUCCESSFUL ECONOMY IS BUILT IF ALL ITS PPL WORK TOGETHER *