the road to 9-11. america asks: “why?” lecture #1 – deep background
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The Road to 9-11
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America Asks: “Why?”
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Lecture #1 – Deep Background
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Geography- A Crossroads
Europe
Asia
Africa
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The Abrahamic Religions
• Aka the Great Monotheistic Religions– Judaism– Christianity – Islam
• To Muslims, Islam is God’s last, best version of the truth an updated version of Judaism and Christianity
• There is a great deal of overlapping of the faiths – For example, in Islam, Jesus is a great prophet, but not
the son of God – All three trace themselves back to the biblical character
Abraham
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The Three Were Constantly in Contact and Frequently at Odds
Crusades
Expulsion of Muslims from Spain
Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople
Etc.
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For a Long Period of History, Muslim Middle Eastern Empires Were the
Most Advanced on the Planet
• The empires of Persia and the Abbasid Dynasty centered on Baghdad were the intellectual and commercial centers of the world in year 1000, before the Mongolians crushed them
• The later Muslim Ottoman Empire frequently invaded
Europe – In the century after Columbus discovered America, more
books were written in Europe about the Ottoman menace to the East than about the New World
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The Rise of the (Christian) West
• In the 1400s, the European Christians had an intellectual and cultural Renaissance called… the Renaissance
• This led to science and technology, and with them… – …POWER
• The Muslim Empires slowly lost ground
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In World War I, the Muslims Even Lost Their Independence
• The Ottoman joined the wrong (German) side in WWI – Central Powers
• When the Central Powers Lost, Britain and France gobbled up the Middle East
• Oil was just starting to be a big deal at this point– Internal combustion engine
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Uh, oh!
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End of Day #1
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Hansen Name _________________________U.S. History Period _________
The Road To 9-11 (Day #1)
• America Asks ______• Middle Eastern Geography ______________________
____________________________________________• The Abrahamic Religions
– Aka the Great Monotheistic Religions• ____________________• ____________________• ___________________
– To Muslims, Islam is ______________________ ______________________ an updated version of _______________________________
– There is a great deal of overlapping of the faiths • For example, in Islam, Jesus is ________
__________________________________• All three trace themselves back to ______
__________________________________
• The Three Were Constantly in Contact and ________ __________________________________________
• For a Long Period of History, Muslim Middle Eastern Empires Were _________________________________
• The empires of Persia and the Abbasid Dynasty centered ______________________ were the intellectual and commercial centers of the world in year 1000, _______________________________________
– The later Muslim Ottoman Empire frequently _______ __________________________________
• In the century after Columbus discovered America, more books were written in Europe about _______________________________ ____________________________________
• The Rise of the (Christian) West – In the 1400s, the European Christians had an
intellectual and cultural Renaissance called… ___ ____________________________________
– This led to science and technology, and with them…
• …______________ – The Muslim Empires slowly _______________
• In World War I, the Muslims even lost ______________ ____________________________________
– The Ottoman joined the wrong (German) side in WWI
• ______________________
– When the Central Powers Lost, Britain and France ________________________________
– ______________________________________• Internal combustion engine
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USS Cole
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• Al-Qaeda formed in Afghanistan in the late 1980’s
• Bin Laden and other generals maintain training camps in Afghanistan
• The United States offered support to Bin Laden to they could help us defeat the Russians in the Cold War
• Sounds like a bribe to me……Damn Americans never learn. It has to be done under the table
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