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Geography Middle East map lib.utexas

Geography Middle East map lib.utexas.edu. The Middle East is a region that joins three continents (Europe, Africa, Asia). It has numerous oil fields and many important religious cities. Water is scarce. For example, Saudi Arabia has several desalinization plants.

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Geography Middle East map lib.utexas

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  1. Geography Middle East map lib.utexas.edu The Middle East is a region that joins three continents (Europe, Africa, Asia). It has numerous oil fields and many important religious cities. Water is scarce. For example, Saudi Arabia has several desalinization plants.

  2. Middle East climate map The Middle East contains many deserts. People called Bedouins wander the desert in search of places to get water and to feed their herds (camel, sheep).

  3. Middle East Geography

  4. Islamic Empires, AD 1500-1800

  5. Safavid Empire 1501-1722 Present-day Iran. Established by Shah Ismail (reign: 1501-1524). Shah Abbas the Great (reign: 1588-1629) promoted much trade with other lands.

  6. Shah Ismail

  7. Abbas the Great

  8. The Ottoman Empire Mehmed the Conqueror 1289-1923 Mehmed the Conqueror conquered Constantinople. Much religious diversity.

  9. Selim the Grim

  10. Mosque of Selim the Grim

  11. Suleymanth e Magnificent reign: 1520-1566 Expanded the empire; built powerful navy; known as the lawgiver.

  12. Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent (built in 1550s)

  13. Suleyman the Magnificent

  14. Topkapi Palace: Sultan’s residence

  15. Topkapi Palace: Residence of harem

  16. The Blue Mosque

  17. Grand Bazaar

  18. Mehmet Ali led an Egyptian revolt against control by the Ottomans The empire weakened in the 18th and 19th centuries (“The Sick Man of Europe”). Reasons: resisted new ideas; weak economy; military declined; poor leadership.

  19. Ottoman Empire’s territorial losses, 1800-1914

  20. Mahmud II

  21. Abdul Hamid

  22. Lawrence of Arabia

  23. Partition of Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was on the losing side in WWI and the empire was partitioned (divided).

  24. Partition of Ottoman Empire

  25. Mustafa Kemal Turkish leader, Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk-”Father of the Turks), established the Republic of Turkey. Turkey has followed a policy of secularism.

  26. Ataturk

  27. Israeli- Palestinian Conflict Zionism: a movement in the 1800s to create a country for Jews in Palestine. After World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations approved a resolution to divide Palestine into a country for Jews (Israel) and a country for non-Jews. Non-Jewish Palestinian leaders rejected this.

  28. Israel and its neighbors Many Palestinians lost their homes. Since 1948, Israel, which has been supported by the United States, has experienced five wars against its Arab neighbors and much terrorism.

  29. The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1949-1982. Page: 1108

  30. Gamal Nasser

  31. Anwar Sadat Egyptian president Anwar Sadat made peace with Israel in 1978. He was assassinated in 1981.

  32. Anwar Sadat The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was founded in 1964 and led by Yasser Arafat until his death in 2004. Today, the Palestinian Authority governs the West Bank; Hamas runs the Gaza Strip.

  33. Iran Shah Reza Pahlavi Ayatollah Khomeini Iran: In 1979, an Islamic (Shiite) revolution replaced Shah Reza Pahlavi with Ayatollah Khomeini.

  34. Iraq

  35. Iraq Saddam Hussein became dictator of Iraq in 1979. Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988): over 1 million died. Persian Gulf War (1991) resulted after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Iraq was defeated but Saddam Hussein remained in power.

  36. Saddam Hussein

  37. Iran-Iraq War

  38. Saddam Hussein The U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003 because Saddam Hussein violated agreements and was thought to have weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

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