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SOUTHWEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA INTRO A. Define Region

SOUTHWEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA INTRO A. Define Region. B. Topography – plate tectonics. C. Climate. D. Water – exotic rivers Saharan climate change - Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.). Saharan climate change. Population A. Density - Arithmetic v . physiologic.

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SOUTHWEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA INTRO A. Define Region

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  1. SOUTHWEST ASIA & NORTH AFRICA • INTRO • A. Define Region

  2. B. Topography – plate tectonics

  3. C. Climate

  4. D. Water – exotic rivers Saharan climate change - Herodotus World Map (ca. 450 B.C.) Saharan climate change

  5. Population A. Density - Arithmetic v. physiologic

  6. Water and rural settlement • Coastlines/rivers • Oases

  7. 3. Qanats- water canals ice house

  8. D. Modern canals and dams • Aswan High Dam, Egypt • E. Desalinization - Israel and desalinization

  9. III. Religious hearth area • Judaism- 14 million • Origin – 2000 BC, start modern Iraq • Christianity - 1 billion, world's largest • 1. Origin – Jesus Christ (0-33 AD) • 2. Diffusion - • Contagious – missionaries • Hierarchical - Roman Empire, 4th century

  10. Islam - 1.3 billion, 2nd largest • 1. Origin - western Arabia • Mohammed – 570-632 AD • 2. Diffusion

  11. Five Pillars of Islam "Shahada” Prayers 5 times day Almsgiving Fasting during Ramadan Hajj- pilgrimage Mecca/Makka

  12. Religion and Conflict Muslim 90%, Christian 4%, Jewish 2% Sunni vShia Islamic fundamentalism

  13. IV. OIL • History • B. OPEC • C. Impact of oil – positive, negative

  14. Dubai - oil money

  15. V. Conflicts

  16. A. Israel 1. History 2. Conflict w/Palestine 3. Jerusalem

  17. B. Iraq History First Gulf conflict "Operation Iraqi Freedom"

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