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The Middle East

Explore the Middle East's major contributions in Religion, Civilizations, and Economy, impacting the global landscape through Islam, Christianity, agriculture, oil wealth, and historical innovations.

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The Middle East

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  1. The Middle East Its Greatest Contributions

  2. What are the three greatest contributions? • They founded Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and other African religions. • Many civilizations have sprouted in the Middle East (ie. Mesopotamia) • Today, they have been a huge influence in the world economy, because of all its oil.

  3. Religion • They have had a major influence on religion today. • Christianity started here • Islam was founded in the Middle East. It is now the most practiced religion in the world, in over 4 continents.

  4. Civilizations • Agriculture is said to have started there, and because of them many civilizations have sprouted from • They started the first writing, cuneiform. • They invented irrigation • They started the first library • They have housed many civilizations like the Sumerians, Babylonian, Persians, ect…

  5. The Economy • They have a lot of oil • This helps run all things, and keeps money moving in the stocks • Because of this, trade has expanded all over the world, and a lot of our imports come from the Middle East

  6. Bibliography Garfield, Newman. "The Islamic Middle East and Africa." Echoes from the Past. Ed. Crystal Shortt. Torornto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., 2001. 226-254. Wikipedia. Middle East. 18 Dec. 2006. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East>. White, David. Social Studies for Kids. 2006. <http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/ancientmiddleeast.htm>. MSN Encarta. Middle East. 2006. <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761579298_1/Middle_East.html>.

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