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Objective

Explore the profound effect of location and geography on the diverse people and rich cultural heritage of the Middle East, from climate challenges to abundant resources and the intricate web of ethnic groups, languages, and religions shaping the region over millennia.

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  1. Objective • Examine the impact of location and geography on the people and culture of the Middle East

  2. People and Climate/ Resources

  3. Use page 555

  4. Use Pages 555-556

  5. Climate and Resources

  6. 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

  7. Back

  8. 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.

  9. People of the Middle East

  10. 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

  11. Language • Turkish • Latin Script Alphabet from the Romans • Arabic • Armenian • Greek • Persian (Farsi) • Kurdish • Hebrew • Later English

  12. Religions • Islam • Most Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Kurds • sects • Christianity • Minorities in Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria • sects • Judaism • Majority of Israel • movements

  13. 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.

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