Southwest Asia The Middle East

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Southwest AsiaThe Middle East
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Osama Bin Laden
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Saddam Hussein
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Muammar al-Gaddafi
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King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud
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Hassan Rouhani
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Dubai
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Bahrain
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Mecca
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Jerusalem
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Middle East History

• Oldest civilization on Earth
• Egyptians (3000-1000 BC)
• Assyrians and Babylonians (1000-500 BC)
• Persians (550-330 BC)
• Greeks (330-60 BC)
• Romans (60 BC - 140 AD)
• Ottoman Empire (1300 1923 AD)
• European Colonialism (1913 1979 AD)
• http//www.mapsofwar.com/ind/imperial-history.html

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Middle East History

• Major Religions developed here
• Christianity (Israel)
• Judaism (Israel)
• Islam (Saudi Arabia)
• Contributions include
• The Zero
• Great Pyramids

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Issues Facing Middle East

• Israeli / Palestinian Conflict
• Womens rights
• Terrorism
• Arab Spring
• Oil

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Geography of the M.E.

• Sahara Desert
• Arabian Peninsula
• The Empty Quarter
• Tigris, Jordan rivers
• Persian Gulf

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Southwest Asia

• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Turkey
• Cyprus
• Lebanon
• Syria
• Israel
• Jordan

• Iraq
• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Qatar
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen
• Oman

• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Tajikistan
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan

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Geography of the Middle East

• When you are finished labeling the Middle Eastern
  map turn it in and pick up a Middle East article.
  
• Answer the questions from the last page of the
  article on a separate sheet of paper and turn it
  in for Level 3 points.

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Why do we call it the Middle East?
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