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Objective. Examine the impact of location and geography on the people and culture of the Middle East. People and Climate/ Resources. Use page 555. Use Pages 555-556. Climate and Resources. Climate. Desert (majority)– Semi-Arid – Mediterranean – Map
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Objective • Examine the impact of location and geography on the people and culture of the Middle East
Climate • Desert (majority)– Semi-Arid – Mediterranean – Map • Less than 10% of land enough water to farm • People in well watered areas = Population scattered • River valleys • Fertile Crescent, Nile River Valley • Coast • Oasis: fertile area in desert • Water is scarce • Desalination • Irrigation systems
Resources • Copper, salt, phosphate • Oil • Abundant • Most important • Unevenly distributed = economic differences • Trade • Ancient until today • Sea routes: • Suez Canal connects Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
Ethnic Groups • Arabs • Majority – Arabian Peninsula – and conquered, expanded and adopted • Turks • Iranians (Persian) • Kurds • ethnic minority – most Muslim • Iraq, Turkey, Iran • Nationalist Movement • Later European Jews to Israel • Dominant group in Israel
Language • Turkish • Latin Script Alphabet from the Romans • Arabic • Armenian • Greek • Persian (Farsi) • Kurdish • Hebrew • Later English
Religions • Islam • Most Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Kurds • sects • Christianity • Minorities in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria • sects • Judaism • Majority of Israel • movements
Closure • How has location and geography impacted Middle Eastern people and their culture? • Over thousands of years, many groups invaded/migrated to the Middle East bringing their customs and culture.