nations of the world! 6iri&feature=related
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
![Page 2: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Nations of the World!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC1qkLn6IRI&feature=related
![Page 3: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Lebanon
• Beirut: formerly the Beirut: formerly the
““Paris of the Middle EastParis of the Middle East””• Reduced to rubble after Reduced to rubble after
Civil War throughout the 1980sCivil War throughout the 1980s• 70% Muslim, 30% Christian. Why?70% Muslim, 30% Christian. Why?• Large Shiite population tied closely to IranLarge Shiite population tied closely to Iran
- Hezbollah- Hezbollah
![Page 4: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
LebanonReligions
17 separate religious and
ethnic groups officially
recognized • Leadership positions
dependent on religious
majorities
![Page 5: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
![Page 8: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Syria
• Shiite government allied with Iran, but Syria has a Sunni majority
• Lost the Golan Heights to Israel in 1967
• Syria is still officially at war with Israel over this – key Hezbollah leader assassinated by Israel February 2007.
• Current civil war an attempt to overthrow Shiite ruler of Sunni majority
![Page 9: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Egypt
• The Nile!• True or False…Oil is the most
important resource in determining
where people live in the Middle East?
• Important in Arab world in population, international relations, mediation between Palestine and Israel, and
location • Suez Canal won in the Suez Crisis 1956• Muslim Brotherhood currently a threat to
secular government
![Page 10: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Sudan• Formerly controlled by
Great Britain & Egypt • Civil War; major disparities between the North &
South– Millions of refugees – Drought, poverty, famine, violence
• Push to impose Islamic Law• South Sudan created in 2011
![Page 11: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Iraq
• Ba’ath Party ruled from 1958 to 2003 (Saddam came to power in 1979)
• 2nd largest oil reserves in the world
• Infrastructure has been nearly ruined due Saddam’s neglect and U.S. invasion
• Large Kurdish minority in
northwest operates nearly
autonomously
![Page 12: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Kurds • Largest non-Arab Muslim minority group• World’s largest ethnic group without a home• Own language & culture• Harsh treatment by others• Mostly Sunni Muslim• Allied with U.S.
![Page 13: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
![Page 14: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Turkey
– Founder “Ataturk”– Old Ottoman empire post WWI– Largest economy and most westernized of
all Middle Eastern countries– Secular government and military, but a
strong fundamentalist movement in Turkey
![Page 15: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Turkey
- Kurds: non-Arab, Sunni people that are a nation without a country (Kurdistan)
- Large Kurdish minority involved in guerrilla skirmishes with Turkish government
– Turkey is on both Asia & Europe – improving its treatment of Kurds in an effort to try to join the European Union.
![Page 16: Nations of the World! 6IRI&feature=related](https://reader034.vdocument.in/reader034/viewer/2022051216/56649ee95503460f94bfa899/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Whirling Dirvishes
Sufi Islam
•Spiritual•‘Mystical’ component of Islam•Brotherhoods organized around a spiritual leader •Dance is an act of love and faith•Ottoman culture roots