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Dividing ethnicities

Dividing ethnicities. By: Ariyana Huguley Kennedy Toney Tara Dougherty. KURDS. Live in the Caucasus Sunni Muslims speak the language of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European Sunni M uslims have distinctive literature, dress, and other cultural traditions

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Dividing ethnicities

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  1. Dividing ethnicities By: Ariyana Huguley Kennedy Toney Tara Dougherty

  2. KURDS • Live in the Caucasus • Sunni Muslims speak the language of the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European • Sunni Muslims have distinctive literature, dress, and other cultural traditions • Kurds used to live in Kurdistan in the 1920s • Today they live in a 25 mile spilt between 6 countries. • 15m miles in east Turkey • 5 mile in west Iran • 4 mile in north Iraq • Smaller number in United America • Kurds 1/5 population in Iraq • Kurds 1/6 population in Turkey • Kurds 1/10 population in Iran

  3. south Asia • Provides a distinct example of what happens when independence begins in a colony with 2 major ethnicities • Muslims and Hindus have fought for control of territory especially in south Asia • Around 1000 A.D. Mahmud led raids on the Punjab area of northern India

  4. SOUTH ASIAFORCED MIGRATION • Approximately 17 million Muslims migrated from India to east Pakistan • Including Hindus to India • 6 million from west Pakistan • 3.5 million from east Pakistan • many Hindus in Pakistan's were killed trying to reach the border by a rival religion • Many Muslims in India were killed trying to reach the border by a rival religion • Extremists attacked smaller groups on roads and passengers on trains

  5. SOUTH ASIA ETHNIC DISPUTES • Pakistan and India didn’t agree on where the boundary separating the 2 countries in Kashmir • In 1972 the 2 countries maintained a ‘line of control’ • Pakistan administrating the northwestern portion • India administrating the southeastern • Sikhs believe they weren't given their own independence country when India was separated • Sikhs are only 2% of the population • Sikhs are the majority in the Indian state of Punjab • Sikh fight mainly for control over Punjab and complete independence from India

  6. SRI LANKAformerly know as Ceylon • Sri Lanka is torn by the fighting between the Sinhalese and the Tamils. • The fighting began in 1983. • Between the 2 ethnicities, 60,000 have died from the fighting. • The 2 ethnicities have been fighting for over 2000 years. • Out of the 300 out of the 2000 years the fighting has cooled down due to European rule. • Their independence in 1984

  7. Sinhalese • Take up 4% of population • Migrated from northern India in the 15th century B.C. • Occupy the southern portion of Sri Lanka • 300 years later the converted to Buddhism • They are apart of an Indo-European language in the Indo-Iranian branch • Dominate the military government and most of commerce

  8. Tamils • Take 18% of the population • Migrated from India beginning in the 3rd century B.C • Occupy northern portion of Sri Lanka • Tamils assassinated the Sinhalese president in 1993 • And their successor in 1999 • They are Hindus who speak the Tamil language in the Dravidian language group • Tamil language is also spoken by 70 million people in India • Tamil feel discriminated with Sinhalese dominating the government

  9. review • Why do the Sinhalese feel discriminated? • Where do Kurds live? • What language do Tamils speak? • What language family are the Sinhalese apart of? • How many Hindus migrated from Pakistan to India in TOTAL?

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